Criminals target women and children-The Times

Name of stories: Criminals target women and children

Name of journalist: Charl Du Plessis

Name of publication: The Times

Date: 09 September 2011

Country: South Africa

Theme: Crime

Skills: Use of data, perspective, language

Genre: News

GEM classification: Gender Aware

Description

Though South Africa’s overall crime statistics have decreased for the second consecutive year, women and children are still among the hardest hit by violet crime. While violence against women and children has been declared a priority by the police, statistics show that there was a 5.6% increase in the number of women murdered last year.

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