evidence: The head of Belfast and Lisburn Women’s Aid has hit out at the "shocking" levels of femicide in Northern Ireland after a fourth woman was murdered in the last six weeks. Mary Ward, a 22-year-old mother of one, was found dead in her south Belfast home on Tuesday October 1, the 24th woman killed in the north since 2020 according to the charity. [...] Kelly Andrews, CEO of Belfast and Lisburn Women’s Aid, described the latest murder and the number of women killed here recently as "shocking".