Throughout 2024, the Guardian aimed to report on every woman allegedly killed by a man, drawing on the work of campaigns such as Counting Dead Women, the Femicide Census and Killed Women.
In recent years in the UK, a woman has been killed by a man every three days on average, yet most of their stories have gone unheard. The Guardian wants to help change that.
This year, the toll of women whose deaths have led to a man being charged has reached 80. Here, we mark each of their lives.
None of these incidents are linked in any way other than that a woman has been killed and a man charged in connection with her death.
I can tell you with certainty that it is an undercount. It stops at the end of November. My cousin was murdered by her husband in late December. Not his first time physically abusing her, and despite him being booked this time last year for it, nothing was done. This is the result.
I’m so sorry for your loss. Restraining orders in this country are a joke.