Polish women face femicide, an underreported violence often linked to intimate partner abuse; international examples show legislative progress.
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The text discusses femicide, highlighting several cases in Poland where women were killed due to relationship issues, such as marital breakdown or domestic violence. It points out that Polish criminal law lacks a specific crime for femicide and there is no state monitoring of this violence. A report from Femicide in Poland covering 2017-2023 documented 290 femicides, with 66% committed by partners or ex-partners. The average perpetrator is 41 years old, and relationship breakups are a major trigger for partner violence. Internationally, the text compares Poland’s situation to Spain, which has established systems to monitor and classify femicide since 2003, and France, where data allows for distinguishing intimate partner homicides. Croatia has recently introduced legislation defining gender-based killing as a crime. Romania is also moving towards legislative change, with a proposed law aiming to define and penalize femicide severely. In both Poland and Romania, monitoring of these crimes is currently conducted by non-public entities.
