Open AccessWomen in Danger of Femicide: Predicting Population at Risk of Femicide from Intimate Partner Violence Survivors in Turkey
Author(s) -
Alanur Çavlin
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
kadın 2000
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1302-9916
DOI - 10.33831/jws.v21i1.77
Subject(s) - femicide , domestic violence , population , sexual violence , poison control , demography , injury prevention , suicide prevention , psychology , criminology , medicine , environmental health , sociology
The highest threat for intimate partner femicide (IPF) is previous history of intimate partner violence (IPV). This study estimates magnitude of women with an increased IPF risk in Turkey based on prevalence data of different forms of violence among specific high-risk groups from the Research on Domestic Violence against Women in Turkey (2014) and 2014 population size. Correspondingly, around 2 million 15-59-aged-women are currently exposed to IPV. Some 1 million women face concurrent threats of physical, sexual, emotional violence. 170 thousand women are threatened/attacked with lethal objects. Among divorced/separated women, almost 123 thousand severe violence survivors confront high-risk of femicide.