The rate at which men are allegedly killing women in Australia exceeds anything Australia has experienced, experts warn.
It used to be one woman a week. But this year, an Australian woman is being violently killed every four days.
Twenty-five women had lost their lives to gendered violence by April 23, when Forbes woman Molly Ticehurst, 28, was, from Cobram in Victoria’s north, was found dead in her home on Tuesday about 2.15pm. Police believe she was the victim of a violent assault. Patty Kinnersly, chief executive of the national violence prevention organisation Our Watch, said the community was demanding an end to the killing.
The 2024 figures include five women stabbed to death by Joel Cauchi at a Bondi shopping centre on April 13. New South Wales Police Commissioner Karen Webb said it was “obvious” to her and to detectives investigating the killing spree that Cauchi targeted women.Tania Farha, chief executive of Victoria’s peak body for specialist family violence services, Safe and Equal, said the accelerated rate at which women were being killed by men was “a national crisis”.
Respect Victoria acting chief executive Serina McDuff said more men than ever had begun recognising that violence against women “is a men’s issue”.
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