Campaign Against Femicide

Metro Campaign

Violence against women has escalated to new heights in recent years.

The statistics are shocking. Between 2018 and 2023, there was a 37% increase in crimes related to violence against women and girls.

We know that:
• Over 100 women every year in the UK are thought to be killed by men.
• Around the world, every 11 minutes a woman or girl is killed in her own home.
• An estimated 1 in 20 adults is a perpetrator of violence against women and girls, with the real number thought to be higher.

Introducing This Is Not Right: Metro’s year-long violence against women campaign

The epidemic of violence against women was called a national emergency earlier this year by Home Secretary Yvette Cooper.