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Date: November 25, 2024 Mon
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1 results foundAuthor: Abrahams, Naeemah Title: Every Eight Hours: Intimate Femicide in South Africa 10 Years later! Summary: The killing of a woman by her partner is the most extreme consequence of intimate partner violence. Monitoring such violence provides insights on the impact of laws, policies and programs for gender-based violence prevention. In this research brief we compare the results of two South African national studies that described prevalence and patterns of female homicide and intimate femicide in 1999 and 2009. The study showed a decrease of female homicides overall as well as for intimate femicides but the decrease for intimates was at a lower rate. A significant difference in suspected rape homicide was found with more rapes perpetrated by non-intimate in 2009 compared to 1999. A significant overall reduction of gun murders was also found between the two years. Convictions of perpetrators decreased and was most significant among non-intimate femicides. The study show that homicide in South Africa is declining, but genderbased homicides are disproportionately resistant to the change while rape homicides have proportionately increased. We need to increase our prevention efforts and it is also essential for health, police and justice departments to prioritise such cases so that those who kill women are held accountable and punished. Details: Cape Town: South African Medical Research Council, 2012. 4p. Source: Internet Resource: Research Brief: Accessed April 4, 2013 at: http://www.mrc.ac.za/policybriefs/everyeighthours.pdf Year: 2012 Country: South Africa URL: http://www.mrc.ac.za/policybriefs/everyeighthours.pdf Shelf Number: 128213 Keywords: Female HomicideFemicide (South Africa)Intimate Partner ViolenceViolence Against Women |