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Day 3: 1 in every 2 women are killed by their current or former partners
Posted on November 27, 2017
On Day 3 of the 16 Days of Action Campaign, Women's Aid highlight the links between femicide and domsetic violence. Our Femicide Watch 2017 shows that a woman in Ireland is more likely to be killed in her own home and by a current or former boyfriend, partner or husband.
The report reveals that since the beginning of 1996, 216 women have died violently in the Republic of Ireland. 16 children were killed alongside their mothers. 137 women (63%) were killed in their own homes.
Of the 171 (79%) cases that have been resolved (through the courts or in cases of murder-suicide) 95 women (56%) were murdered by a current or former male intimate partner.
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