Male Violence Infographic 2019

Men killed at least 328 women and 15 children, including babies, and inflicted violence on 630 women in 2019.

Evrim Kepenek

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According to the up-to-date data based on the news compiled by bianet from local, national and Internet media between January 1, 2019 and December 31, 2019, men killed at least 328 women and 15 children, including babies, in Turkey throughout 2019.

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Men raped 51 women, forced 712 women to sex work, harassed 232 women and abused 279 children in 2019.

While men inflicted violence on at least 630 women in 2019, the deaths of at least 134 women were reported in the news as "suspicious".

In the last six years, men killed at least 1,699 women and injured 2,705 women. While the rate of feminicides increased by 29 percent, all forms of male violence such as harassment, rape and violence against children increased by 27 percent in this period.

CLICK - Male Violence 2019: Men Kill At Least 328 Women in 2019

Ege Öztokat browsed the media and Evrim Kepenek penned the 2019 Male Violence Monitoring Report. Beste Yamalıoğlu and Salih Gürkan Çakar prepared the poster and video of the male violence monitoring report. Photojournalist Yasin Akgün captured the photo on the infographic.

As for the voice-over of the videos, the video in Turkish was voiced by actor Halil Ergün, the video in Kurdish was voiced by musician Vedat Yıldırım and the video in English was voiced by journalist Murat Utku.

We extend our thanks to Halil Ergün, Vedat Yıldırım and Murat Utku.

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2019 infographic male violence

Evrim Kepenek

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