South Africa has one of the highest femicide rates anywhere in the world. By the mid-1990s, attention had begun to be paid in most African countries to the widespread problem of domestic violence. Cultural, religious, social and economic factors play a role in driving GBV. More than 2,700 South African women and 1,000 children were killed last year, according to police figures . However, despite this progress, GBV still remains unacceptably high. South Africans have been horrified by the murder of University of Cape Town student Uyinene Mrwetyana. Strengthening Understanding of Femicide, Using Research to Galvanize Action and Accountability, Washington, DC , Meeting April 2008 , pp. There have been calls for a “national shutdown” to protest femicide in South Africa. Despite the of South Africa (MRC), and the World Health Organization (WHO) in Washington, DC, April 14–16, 2008. It VIOLENCE AND FEMICIDE IN SOUTH AFRICA Presentation to: The National Council of Provinces: Parliament of the Republic of South Africa, 28 August 2020 Prof Rachel Jewkes Executive Scientist: Research Strategy and Intramural Research, South African Medical Research Council Gender and Health Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council This new word had a political purpose, in that it intended to produce changes in the social order which tolerated the violent death of women. Campbell, JC (2008) Risk factors for femicide and femicide-suicide: A multisite case control study. When ... 38,6% vs 6.3%), and that the region of the Americas (40,5%) ranked only second after South East Asia (58,8%) (Stöckl H et al., 2013, p.862). 57 – 65 . In: PATH . On the whole, South Africa has made strides in uplifting women in the country. Finally, Community Violence is violence 2013). Given South Africa’s political history, race is often a loose In South Africa during 1999, 19.4% is comparable to global rates, however, indicator of socioeconomic status and of perpetrators of intimate femicide we have an overrepresentation of white social group membership, or … This high level of intimate femicide is linked to both the high prevalence of intimate partner violence in South Africa, and very high rates of all forms of homicide ( Abrahams et al. (2) The rate of femicide in South Africa is reported to be amongst the highest globally; (3) Gender-based violence, without excluding other related crimes like hate crimes and femicide, is an affront to our shared humanity as South Africans, a violation of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa and The conference brought together activists, researchers, and forensic professionals from 13 countries, with the aim of identifying common ground for strengthening research and galvanizing global action to prevent femicide and end the impunity Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel; UNISA-University of South Africa, South Africa Abstract Almost four decades have passed since the term femicide was coined in 1976. In South Africa intimate femicide is the leading cause of female homicide, and occurs at more than double the global rate (Abrahams et al. 2009). Women have taken to Twitter to tweet #AmINext – asking if they will become the next victim of murder. Initial reports suggest that a post office worker has confessed to raping and killing the 19-year-old. Intimate femicide–suicide in South Africa: a cross-sectional study Shanaaz Mathews,a Naeemah Abrahams,a Rachel Jewkes,a Lorna J Martin,b Carl Lombardc & Lisa Vettend Objective To examine the incidence and patterns of intimate femicide–suicide in South Africa … violation in Africa, including South Africa, which is the focus of this report. Femicide in Latin America: Femicidio and Feminicidio The arrival of the concept in Latin America was welcomed by their fellow feminists.