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Comparing Female Homicide and Intimate Femicide in South Africa 1999: 2009

Comparing Female Homicide and Intimate Femicide in South Africa 1999: 2009. Presenter: Naeemah Abrahams Investigators: Dr Shanaaz Mathews, Prof Naeemah Abrahams, Prof Rachel Jewkes and Prof Lorna Martin. Definitions. Female Homicide Killing of a woman Intimate femicide (IF)

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Comparing Female Homicide and Intimate Femicide in South Africa 1999: 2009

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  1. Comparing Female Homicide and Intimate Femicide in South Africa 1999: 2009 Presenter: Naeemah Abrahams Investigators: Dr Shanaaz Mathews, Prof Naeemah Abrahams, Prof Rachel Jewkes and Prof Lorna Martin

  2. Definitions • Female Homicide • Killing of a woman • Intimate femicide (IF) • Killing of a women (age 14+) by an intimate partner (current and ex husband/boyfriend/same sex partner) • Non intimate femicide (NIF) • Killing by a woman by a non partner • Suspected Rape Homicide • Evidence of rape present (forensic and/or police) • Convicted • convicted for homicide or culpable homicide • Intimate suicides • Perpetrator suicide following the murder

  3. Background • Intimate femicide is the most extreme form of GBV

  4. Number of homicide cases Less 1430 Less 325 Less 567

  5. Proportion of Intimate Femicide & Non Intimate Femicide

  6. Population rates for 1999 and 2009

  7. Mean Age

  8. Intimate Femicide Population rates: Race & Age

  9. Cases with no perpetrator data

  10. Rape homcides

  11. Mechanism of death

  12. Guns

  13. Gun homicide decline in terms of number of cases

  14. Blood Alcohol Concentration(BAC): Western Cape • Data only available for Western Cape (unweighted) • Legal limit – 0.04 grams/100ml

  15. BAC by mechanism of death

  16. History of intimate partner violence

  17. Convictions

  18. Conclusions • The comparison of two identical surveys – ten years apart provide us with an opportunity to monitor GBV • Overall reduction in female homicide • Intimate femicide decrease less the - leading cause for female homicides in SA • 3 woman killed by a intimate partner per day in SA in 2009 – • most likely a underestimate (1/5 of murders no perpetrator were identified) • Evidence that work on IPV & GBV prevention is not effective – if it has been then we should have seen a bigger reduction in IF murders • Rape Homicides increased for NIF • No evidence that Police investigations have improved • Convictions have decreased • Significant reduction in gun murders provide evidence that the Gun Control Legislation is working

  19. Recommendations • We need a co-ordinated – evidence based approach to prevention of GBV – with an accountable government body • Police investigations and justice systems must give female murders attention as a priority crime • Strengthen and support our Gun Control Legislation • Use this survey as a monitoring tool in the absence of good national data ... Provides insights on progress made to gaining gender equity in country... Recommend survey be repeated every 5 years

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