Overview
- During an International Women’s Day debate, the Home Office minister recited more than 100 names compiled with the Femicide Census/Counting Dead Women, with outlets reporting totals between 107 and 110.
- She pledged government funding to deliver national oversight that ensures recommendations from Domestic Homicide Reviews are implemented rather than left on paper.
- The list included victims aged 17 to 93, some not yet publicly named, and cases where suspects have been charged or convicted, including Courtney Angus and Stephanie Blundell.
- The Femicide Census says the annual number of women killed by men has not fallen since 2009, typically ranging from 124 to 168, and it cautions the memorial list is an undercount.
- Campaign groups such as Killed Women and Southall Black Sisters renewed calls for an independent public inquiry into femicide and better treatment of Black, minoritised and migrant women.