Victims of Violence

HOMICIDES

• Males account for 78% of all homicide victims.
• Among children 0-19 years old, boys account for 70% of all homicide victims.

Strategies and Solutions:

• Courageously speak out when the problem of violence against men is ignored.

ARMED CONFLICT

• Men are 1.3 to 8.9 times more likely than women to be killed in war, according to research by Ormhaug, Meier, and Hernes.
• Mass killings of civilian men: “Gendercide of men has been, and continues to be, a common component of political, military, and ethnic conflicts, including mass killings of non-combatant men and boys.”
• Research:
  • Sandesh Sivakumaran: UN Responses to Sexual Violence Against Men and Boys in Situations of Armed Conflict

Strategies and Solutions:

• Press Release:
  • October 9, 2023: Media Reports Must Cease the Erasure of Male Victims of Hamas Attacks