While SA is ranked among countries with the highest rate of femicide in the world, the country has seen a decline in intimate partner femicide cases
However, “we still have an enormous problem of femicide in our country with three women killed per day by an intimate partner”.
It also found there was an increase in cases where the perpetrators were not identified during investigations. “It is critical femicide receives the attention it needs so perpetrators who murder women are held accountable and punished for this crime against women”, said Abrahams.
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