How does femicide affect the way South African women behave?
It turns out the unacceptably high femicide rate in South Africa has a direct effect on the ways in which our women conduct themselves.
Karabo Mokoena, Ntombizodwa Dlamini, and Zolile Khumalo - let these names stick in your mind. These are but a few of the most recent victims (that we know of) and the list continues to grow every day.
Intimate femicide is defined as the murder of women by their “current or ex-husband or boyfriend, same-sex partner or a rejected would-be lover.”
South Africa femicide rate is five times more than the global rate.
It’s no secret that South Africa has the highest femicide rate in the world. At least one woman is murdered in our country every eight hours, and half of these are at the hands of their intimate partners.
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A report by Africa Check released the following findings; the estimated global rate of femicide for 2015 was 2.4 per 100,000 women. South Africa’s rate for the same year was 9.6 per 100,000 women. This means that South Africa’s rate is four times that of the global average when considering the latest estimates. FOUR TIMES, that of every other country and we're beginning to wonder when this will end.
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Due to these findings, East Coast Drive with Bongani and Mags has asked the women of KZN how these frightening statistics affect the way they behave.
It turns out South African women subconsciously alter their behaviour as a defence mechanism against men.
Listen here and let us know your thoughts: