There have been 41 confirmed femicides in Northern Ireland since 2017.
Some 24 women have been killed here since 2020; their ages ranging from 81 to a child just over 1 year old.
In the past six weeks, four women have been killed here, bringing this year’s total of alleged femicides up to six.
At the time of recording this podcast, a further two deaths from this week are under investigation.
Six cases are currently before the courts relating to the death of a woman.
Northern Ireland has the third highest femicide rate in Western Europe.
Compared to the rest of the UK, women here are twice as likely to be murdered as a result of domestic violence.
Almost all of the women who died in violent circumstances here died in their homes.
Allison Morris joins Ciarán Dunbar to unpack the unprecedented levels of femicide here in recent weeks.
Allison Morris on Northern Ireland’s femicide problem
