In Europe, women are most often harmed, abused, and killed by men they know, such as partners, ex-partners, or family members.

Omissions

• The claim does not cite a specific data source, time period, or precise statistic, making exact verification of magnitude difficult.
• The claim groups 'harmed, abused and killed' together. While the femicide data (killing) is well-documented by UNODC and Eurostat, the evidence for non-lethal harm and abuse relies on victimisation surveys (e.g. FRA, EIGE) which use different methodologies and reference periods across countries.
• The UNODC/UN Women global data referenced here was published in November 2025, after the session date of 2026-05-20. However, the data it describes covers 2024, a period the MEP could reasonably reference. The underlying pattern has been consistent for decades.
• The geographic scope 'Europe' is broad; data collection and definitions of femicide and intimate partner violence vary across EU Member States, though all available evidence points in the same direction.

Sources

• PrimaryUNODC – United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime137 women and girls killed every day by intimate partners or family members in 2024. 50,000 women and girls were killed by intimate partners or family members in 2024, representing the majority of all female homicides globally.
• PrimaryUN Women – United Nations Entity for Gender EqualityAround 50,000 women and girls were killed by intimate partners or family members in 2024. Globally, intimate partners and family members are responsible for the majority of gender-related killings of women and girls.
• PrimaryEurostat – Intentional homicide victims by victim-offender relationship and sex (crim_hom_vrel)Dataset tracking intentional homicide victims by relationship to offender (intimate partner, family member, other known, unknown) disaggregated by sex, enabling measurement of the proportion of female homicide victims killed by intimate partners or family members across EU Member States.
• SecondaryEuropean Parliament – EPRS Briefing: Recognition of femicide in the EUThe EU legal framework distinguishes between intimate femicide (committed by a partner or family member due to the victim's gender) and non-intimate femicide, recognising that intimate partner and family-related femicides constitute the predominant form of gender-related killings of women in the EU.