{"id":2123,"date":"2023-05-31T14:28:47","date_gmt":"2023-05-31T13:28:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/report-on-deaths-due-to-family-violence-highlights-disproportionate-risks-faced-by-women\/"},"modified":"2023-09-15T10:41:28","modified_gmt":"2023-09-15T09:41:28","slug":"report-on-deaths-due-to-family-violence-highlights-disproportionate-risks-faced-by-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/report-on-deaths-due-to-family-violence-highlights-disproportionate-risks-faced-by-women\/","title":{"rendered":"Report on deaths due to family violence highlights disproportionate risks faced by women"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Department of Justice must urgently act on report\u2019s findings<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Social Democrats TD Catherine Murphy has called on the Government to urgently implement the recommendations of an independent study which found that an average of four women in Ireland died every year between 2014 and 2019 as a result of family violence.<\/p>\n<p>Deputy Murphy, who is the party\u2019s justice spokesperson, said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe findings of the study are truly shocking. A review of familicide, domestic and family violence deaths found that, over the past two decades, there was no year without a female death due to family violence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cData provided by the Office of the State Pathologist also found that women represented the majority (55 per cent) of adult victims of family violence for the years examined.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRegardless of age or gender, every death recorded in the study represents a profound human tragedy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHowever, the findings show that 15 women compared to six men died at the hands of a current or former intimate partner. Of the women victims, 71 per cent were killed by a current or former partner, with perpetrators of family violence being predominantly male (87 per cent).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis shows that the disproportionate risks faced by women cannot be overlooked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Department of Justice should immediately implement the recommendations of this report, which includes the establishment of a national database for reporting on domestic and family violence deaths.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Government must also fulfil its obligations under the Istanbul Convention by dramatically increasing the number of refuge spaces for those fleeing domestic violence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>May 31, 2023<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Department of Justice must urgently act on report\u2019s findings Social Democrats TD Catherine Murphy has called on the Government to urgently implement the recommendations of an independent study which found that an average of four women in Ireland died every year between 2014 and 2019 as a result of family violence. 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