GLOBAL BURDEN OF ARMED VIOLENCE 2015

The 2015 edition of the Global Burden of Armed Violence provides a wealth of data relevant to security and the post-2015 sustainable development framework. It estimates that 508,000 people died violently - in both conflict and non-conflict settings - every year in 200712, down from 526,000 in 200409. This trend is visible in non-conflict settings, where the proportion of women and girls is a lso slightly reduced, from 17 to 16 per cent. Yet, the number of direct conflict deaths is on the rise: from 55,000 to 70,000 per ye ar over th...[Read more]