"Since she started, Karen has counted 199 dead women. The families of some of the women killed have got in touch to say thank you. But now she wants to stop. Rather than rely on Google and a laptop, she wants the government to take over. She wants it to officially collate the names and release them annually, and she wants them to use these cases to identify patterns in the crimes – she wants it to stop seeing these murders as isolated incidents. The aim, she says, is that we understand the things that are happening behind those doors and collectively act. That we understand the power imbalance that leads to these murders, and that we reach out, in this cold September heat, and help other women stay alive...."
http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2013/sep/15/domestic-violence-men-killing-women
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