Held down. Locked down. Stomped down. On the ground.
Kicked down. Beat down. Pushed down. Can't make a sound.
Knocked down. Hit down. Brought down. Almost drowned.
Pinned down. Punched down. Whipped down. Face turned down.
Pound down. Thump down. Ram down. Killed now.
On average 2 women a week are killed by a male partner or former partner: this constitutes around one-third of all female homicide victims. (Povey, (ed.), 2004, 2005; Home Office, 1999; Department of Health, 2005.)
Partner violence accounts for a high proportion of homicides of women internationally: between 40% - 70% of female murder victims (depending on the country) were killed by their partners/former partners, whereas the comparable figure for men is 4% - 8%. (Krug et al. 2002)
Kicked down. Beat down. Pushed down. Can't make a sound.
Knocked down. Hit down. Brought down. Almost drowned.
Pinned down. Punched down. Whipped down. Face turned down.
Pound down. Thump down. Ram down. Killed now.
On average 2 women a week are killed by a male partner or former partner: this constitutes around one-third of all female homicide victims. (Povey, (ed.), 2004, 2005; Home Office, 1999; Department of Health, 2005.)
Partner violence accounts for a high proportion of homicides of women internationally: between 40% - 70% of female murder victims (depending on the country) were killed by their partners/former partners, whereas the comparable figure for men is 4% - 8%. (Krug et al. 2002)