16 Facts for 16 Days Email Awareness Campaign - Day 13 to 16

As part of the Women's Aid Home Truths Campaign, the '16 Facts for 16 Days' Email Campaign started on 25th November and continued until 10th December, the last day of the campaign.

We have posted Day 1 to Day 12 here. Below you will find Day 13 to Day 16, which is the final set of statistics:

Day 16 Domestic Violence and Female Homicide

Since 1996 there have been 146 women murdered in the Republic of Ireland. 92 (63%) of these women were killed in their own homes.
[Women’s Aid Female Homicide Media Watch, August 2008]

107 cases have been resolved. In the resolved cases 53 women (50%) were murdered by a partner or ex-partner. Another 40 women were killed by someone they knew (e.g. brother, son, neighbour). Thus, a total of 93 women (87%) were killed by someone known to them. In all of the resolved cases, 99% of perpetrators were male and 1% was female.
[Women’s Aid Female Homicide Media Watch, August 2008]

40-70% of women who are murdered worldwide are killed by their current or former husband or boyfriend, frequently in the context of an ongoing abusive relationship.
[World Health Organisation, World Report on Violence and Health, 2002]

In the UK between 2001 and 2002, 46% of female homicide victims compared with 5% of male homicide victims were killed by a current or former partner. Over 2 women a week were killed by a former or current partner during this period.
[Flood-Page et al, Crime in England and Wales 2001/2002: Supplementary Volume, Home Office, 2003]

Day 15 Domestic Violence and Gender

1 in 7 women in Ireland compared to 1 in 17 men experience severe domestic violence. Women are over twice as likely as men to have experienced severe physical abuse, seven times more likely to have experienced sexual abuse, and are more likely to experience serious injuries than men.
[National Crime Council and ESRI, Domestic Abuse of Women and Men in Ireland, 2005]

90% of the more systematic, persistent and injurious violence that is instrumental in the maintenance of power, is perpetrated by men.
[Kimmel, S., M, Male Victims of Domestic Violence: A Substantive and Methodology Research Review, 2001]

A major study of police reports and crime surveys in the UK, USA and Canada found that between 90 and 97% of perpetrators of violence in intimate relationships are men.
[Dobash and Dobash, Women, Violence and Social Change, 1992]

Day 14 Domestic Violence and Homelessness

In 2006, 1,952 women were accommodated in refuges in Ireland. During the same year, 2,985 children also stayed in refuge.
[2006 Statistics, National Network of Women’s Refuges and Support Services]

In 2003, 26% of women who presented as homeless to the Irish Homeless Persons Unit had become homeless as a result of domestic violence.
[O’Connor & Wilson, Safe Home, Sonas Housing Association Model of Supported Transitional Housing, 2004]

In a survey of 100 homeless women in Dublin domestic violence and inability to find suitable accommodation were the most frequently cited reasons for entry into homelessness.
[Smith, M et al, One Hundred Homeless Women: Health status and health service use of homeless women and their children in Dublin, 2001]

In the UK 38% of families using Shelter's ‘Homelessness to Home’ projects had lost their homes due to domestic violence.
[Jones, A et al Firm Foundations: An Evaluation of Shelter’s Homelessness to Home Services, Shelter, 2002]

Day 13 Young Women and Violence

95% of young women and 84% of young men reported knowing someone who had experienced abuse, violence and harassment ranging from being followed, to being forced to have sex, to being hit by a partner. The persons known were mainly young women.
[Women’s Aid, Teenage Tolerance: The Hidden Lives of Young Irish People, 2001]

1 in 4 young women know someone who was forced to have sex, with over 76% of those known being friends.
[Women’s Aid, Teenage Tolerance: The Hidden Lives of Young Irish People, 2001]

19% of young women and 34% of young men do not think being forced to have sex is rape.
[Women’s Aid, Teenage Tolerance: The Hidden Lives of Young Irish People, 2001]

In the US, nearly 1 in 5 teenage girls who have been in a relationship said a boyfriend had threatened violence or self-harm if presented with a break-up.
[Rennison CM, Welchans S. Intimate partner violence 1993-2001. Washington (DC): Department of Justice (US), Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2003]

Why Statistics?

Women's Aid disseminates key national and international statistics on violence against women via our '16 Facts for 16 Days' Email Awarness Campaign. Each day a themed email is sent to thousands of inboxes. The topics include domestic violence and children, domestic violence and sexual violence, domestic violence as a health issue, domestic violence and female homicide and so on.

It is universally acknowledged that statistics are fundamental to understanding the scale of certain issues and also giving them a sense of proportion. They can assist us in our analysis of a particular issue at a given time and can also be used to compare things and make assessments. Statistics can provide factual information on which interpretations and analysis can be based. Finding, compiling and interpreting statistics is also an important aspect of any study or investigation.

The statistics disseminated by Women's Aid come from a varied range of sources including Governments, UN organisations, International and Regional organisations, medical professionals, academic researchers and non-governmental organisations.

If you would like any further information on the campaign please email comms@womensaid.ie