Colombia: number of femicides 2018-2024
n 2024, 888 women were murdered in Colombia because of their gender. Between 2019 and 2020, the number of femicides increased from 571 to 630. This increase of more than ten percent occurred during the social isolation measures taken after the COVID-19 outbreak. In September of 2020 alone, 85 women in Colombia were victims of femicide. Antioquia is usually the department with the highest number of femicides in the South American country.