Every Three Days – The Women Killed by Men in 2024

Feminism isn’t a trend, a phase, or a lifestyle choice. It’s a lifeline. And if anyone still dares to ask “Why do we still need feminism?”, they need only look at the harrowing reality that in the UK, a woman is killed by a man every three days.

Yes, you read that right.

In 2024 alone, at least 80 women were killed by men in the UK. That’s more than six women every single month. Their names rarely make national headlines. Their deaths are often quietly reported, tucked away in regional papers. But behind every statistic is a life brutally taken—mothers, daughters, sisters, friends—gone because of male violence.

This is the femicide crisis. And it’s happening right here, right now.

Femicide isn’t about random acts of violence. It’s a systemic issue that reflects the deep-rooted misogyny embedded in our culture, our institutions, and our justice system. Most women who are killed by men are murdered by someone they knew—often a current or former partner. These women aren’t dying because they were in the wrong place at the wrong time. They’re dying in their own homes. At the hands of men they once trusted.

According to the Femicide Census, over 2,000 women have been killed by men in the UK since 2009. That’s the equivalent of wiping out an entire small town. And yet, where is the national outrage?

Where is the daily coverage, the government task force, the emergency response?

If men were being killed at this rate by women, it would be declared a national crisis. But when it’s women dying? It’s just background noise.

Feminism cannot be complete—or effective—if it isn’t intersectional.

Black women, Asian women, migrant women, and women of colour are at heightened risk of male violence, and are often let down at every level of the system. According to research by Imkaan, a Black feminist organisation, women of colour often face multiple barriers when trying to access support, ranging from language and cultural stigmas to outright racism in police and social services.

• Black women are disproportionately represented among victims of domestic homicide.

  
  

• Migrant women with insecure immigration status are often afraid to report abuse for fear of being detained or deported.

  
  

• Refuges led by and for women of colour are underfunded and at risk of closure, despite providing culturally appropriate and life-saving support.

We cannot talk about the femicide crisis without acknowledging that race, immigration status, class and disability all play a role in how women experience violence—and how they’re treated afterwards.

Too often, women of colour are left out of media narratives and policy decisions. That’s why feminism must actively centre the voices and experiences of the most marginalised. If it doesn’t, it fails.

Feminism is not about superiority. It’s about survival. When people claim “we don’t need feminism anymore,” they’re ignoring the violence that still kills women with disturbing regularity. Feminism names the problem—patriarchy—and works to dismantle it.

We still need feminism because:

• The justice system fails women. Men who kill their partners often receive lighter sentences by claiming “loss of control.” Courts still show more sympathy to the killer than to the victim.

  
  

• Domestic abuse is rampant. Women continue to suffer in silence, with services underfunded and refuges full.

  
  

• Misogyny is normalised. Women are still blamed for their own abuse, scrutinised for what they wore, drank, or said.

  
  

• Victims are silenced. Especially if they’re Black, brown, working class, or immigrants.

Feminism challenges all of that. It forces society to stop excusing male violence and start confronting it.

When women are being killed just for being women, that’s not just a crime—it’s a symptom of something much larger. Femicide is the most extreme end of a spectrum of gender-based violence, which includes harassment, stalking, coercive control, and assault. It’s all connected.

We can’t cherry-pick the “respectable” parts of gender equality (equal pay, more women in boardrooms) and ignore the ugly truth that some women never even get the chance to live. Feminism is about all of it—the right to thrive and the right to live without fear.

We must demand better. We keep feminism loud and visible. We pressure governments to fund domestic violence services—especially for women of colour. We educate boys. We challenge rape culture. We stop laughing at misogyny in WhatsApp groups. We call it out at every level.

And we must say their names. We honour the women who were taken. We refuse to let them become footnotes in annual reports.

Because women are still dying.

Because men are still killing them.

Because women of colour are even more at risk—and even less protected.

Because silence is complicity.

Because justice is still not served.

Because equality is still a dream, not a reality.

Feminism is not over. And until every woman is safe—not just in the street, but in her own home—it won’t be.

If this post moved you, enraged you, or made you think, don’t stop here. Use your voice, your vote, your platform. Support the people and organisations doing the work every day to protect women and fight for change.

Here are some links to useful organisations:

1. Femicide Census – In-depth research and data on women killed by men in the UK.

2. Counting Dead Women – Karen Ingala Smith’s project documenting every UK woman killed by a man.

3. Women’s Aid – Key facts on domestic abuse in the UK.

4. Imkaan – A Black feminist organisation working to address violence against women and girls of colour.

5. Refuge – Support for women and children experiencing domestic violence.

This blog post was written in memory of the 87 women killed by men in 2024 alone. I will list their names below, highlighting how these were all wonderful women with incredible lives. Lives that didn’t deserve to be taken from them.

1.     Keotshepile ‘Naso’ Isaacs

2.     Tia Simmonds

3.     Mayawati Bracken

4.     Alison McLaughlin

5.     Leila Young

6.     Kanticha Sukpengpanao

7.     Tara Kersaw

8.     Claudia Kambanza

9.     Michele Romano

10.  Claire Leveque

11.  Sam Varley

12.  Christine Everett-Hickson

13.  Paramjit Gosal-Gill

14.  Wendy Francis

15.  Christine Bauld

16.  Zhe Wang

17.  Pauline Sweeney

18.  Ursula Uhlemann

19.  Carol Matthews

20.  Tiffany Render

21.  Jillian Hughes

22.  Ruth Baker

23.  Kennedi Westcarr-Sabaroche

24.  Kulsuma Akter

25.  Samantha Mickleburgh

26.  Rachel McDaid

27.  Lisa Welford

28.  Sonia Parker

29.  Tarnjeet Riaz

30.  Anita Mukhey

31.  Bhajan Kaur

32.  Kat Parton

33.  Emma Finch

34.  Margaret Parker

35.  Amie Gray

36.  Maria Nugara

37.  June Henty

38.  Patsy Aust

39.  Chitsidzo Chinyanga

40.  Delia Haxworth

41.  Joanne Ward

42.  Rita Fleming

43.  Lauren Evans

44.  Maxine Clark

45.  Joanne Samak

46.  Sophie Evans

47.  Scarlett Vickers

48.  Carol Hunt

49.  Louise Hunt

50.  Hannah Hunt

51.  Jenny Sharp

52.  Lousia Hall

53.  Alana Odysseos

54.  Laura Robson

55.  Anita Rose

56.  Rebecca Simkin

57.  Olivia Wood

58.  Courtney Mitchell

59.  Nina Denisova

60.  Alberta Obinim

61.  Sophie Watson

62.  Stephanie Marie

63.  Vicki Thomas

64.  Bryonie Gawith

65.  Eve McIntyre

66.  Montserrat Martorell

67.  Cher Maximen

68.  Zanele Sibanda

69.  Davinia Graham

70.  Barbara Nomakhosi

71.  Juliana Prosper

72.  Rachel Simpson

73.  Mary Ward

74.  Christine Jefferies

75.  Harshita Brella

76.  Phoenix Spencer-Horn

77.  Kristine Sparane

78.  Alana Armstrong

79.  Margaret Cunningham

80.  Margaret Hanson

81.  Astra Sirapina

82.  Karen Cummings

83.  Mariann Borocz

84.  Gemma Devonish

85.  Joanne Pearson

86.  Teohna Grant

87.  Heather Newton