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London, UK: Twenty-eight-year-old Paulina Kenamuni recently moved away from her boyfriend's house in Otjiwarongo, Namibia to leave their abusive relationship. On June 4, the person showed up at her mother's house having a hunting rifle, and fatally shot both women.

networking for women australia - To get a growing variety of women around the globe, the maximum risk from guns is not about the streets or perhaps the battlefield, however in their own homes - and a lot of the deaths are caused by a detailed acquaintance. In Portugal, 47 women have been killed in incidents of domestic violence so far this year. Eighty-two percent from the murders were committed with a current or former husband, boyfriend or partner.Disarming Domestic Violence Exhibit in Canada

Immediately, women in 28 countries launched the initial international campaign to finish the threat of armed domestic violence, led through the London-based International Action Network on Small Arms (IANSA). The campaign was unveiled within IANSA's Global Week of Action Against Gun Violence (June 15 - 22), which is being observed this year in 85 countries worldwide.

The brand new network seeks to consider guns out from the hands of males who've previous domestic abuse, and so are almost certainly to employ a gun in anger. "If you have a previous record of violence, you merely shouldn't be permitted to own or possess a gun," said Sarah Masters, who coordinates the IANSA Women's Network. "It is shocking that only four countries have got action to cut back gun deaths in the house."

The Advocacy Project (AP), somebody of IANSA, is supporting the Disarming Domestic Violence campaign by sending Peace Fellows to eight IANSA members - in Argentina, Canada, Colombia, El Salvador, Nepal, Namibia, Portugal, Serbia, and Uganda. The Fellows are already motivated to collect information, document the stories of abused women, and make a common database for the campaign.

women and networking australia - According to IANSA, women are 3 x more likely to die violently if there is a gun in your home. For each woman killed or injured by firearms, a lot more are threatened.

The worldwide nature with the crisis is reflected within the new network, including top researchers in Serbia, community advocates in Namibia, and disarmament specialists in Canada. Together, they may be demanding that spouses and partners are consulted before a gun license is granted, to ensure that men using a reputation domestic abuse are denied use of firearms or have their own licenses revoked.

Firearms licensing was already integrated into domestic violence laws around australia, Canada, Nigeria, and Trinidad and Tobago - with impressive results. Canada tightened its gun laws in 1995, by 2003 the gun murder rate came by 15 percent overall and by Forty percent for women. Australia, which overhauled its gun laws in 1996, saw a 45 percent drop within the murder of ladies within five-years.Pauline Dempers interview

women in networking australia - The campaign kicked off this week using a flurry of activities. In Argentina, advocates held a candlelight vigil and met with Argentine Senator Christina Perceval to press for any new bill on armed domestic violence. In Canada, activists brought their message to the First Annual Canadian Conference on the Protection against Domestic Homicide in Ontario.

Peace Fellow Johanna Wilkie joined Pauline Dempers, the National Coordinator of Breaking the Wall of Silence (an IANSA member) in Namibia, to have an interview on Namibia's national radio station. Nepali advocates held a rally Sunday to brief representatives of political parties. Advocates in Serbia launched their campaign using a television appearance Monday (June 15) plus a press conference today. Women in Portugal will begin their campaign June 29 using a documentary screening and discussion.

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