Pregnant Woman's Brutal Killing Fuels Femicide Debate in Greece

The savage murder of a 41-year-old pregnant woman, the country's first femicide of 2024, has stirred fresh calls in Greece for femicide to be made a distinct criminal act

According to data BIRN received from the Greek police, in the first 11 months of 2023 police recorded 9,139 women victims of gender-based violence. In 2022 they recorded 10,131 cases.

Diotima and the Greek section of the European Observatory on Femicide have aimed to present a current picture of femicide in Greece through data recorded since 2019. According to Diotima, from 2010 to 2023, a total of 202 women were murdered in Greece. 10 in In 2010, 12 in 2011, 6 in 2012, 13 in 2013, 12 in 2014, 11 in 2015, 13 in 2016, 10 in 2017, 13 in 2018, 17 in 2019, 19 in 2020, 31 in 2021, 24 in 2022 and 10 in 2023, until December 5.