Stop ignoring the brutal murders of women and girls

SA's rate of femicide one of the highest globally

07 December 2021 - 10:35

By Mara Glennie

Every six hours a woman is killed by her intimate partner, a national study of female homicide in SA has concluded. The country’s rate of femicide is one of the highest globally when compared with other countries where data is readily available.

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