South Africa family killings

South Africa has the highest number of women killed by their partners in the world. This was revealed by the Medical Research Council (MRC) to the Parliamentary committee on the improvement of life and status of women.

The council has been conducting a two year study on Intimate Femicide since 2002. It found that 88 in a million women aged 14 years and older were killed every year. Intimate femicide, or women killed by their intimate partners, is seen as the most serious form of domestic violence. The MRC says 40% to 70% of female murder victims in the world, are killed by an intimate partner every year.

Link (SABC News)