11/02/2017
Destroyers, after the weekend’s global affirmation of women’s right to safety, we are heartbroken to bring news of yet another death due to violence against women. Our sad record honouring all known deaths in 2017 now stands at 3.
On the evening of Friday January 20th, an unnamed woman (33) was killed at Tennant Creek, NT. An unnamed man (34) believed known to the woman has been charged with her murder. No further details are available at present.
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We extend our sincerest condolences to family and friends.
Destroyers, we know there is often speculation in the media about the circumstances of sudden death. We try to be accurate in our record, and we will not publish without a high degree of certainty, but we can't know the full circumstances of each death until court cases or coronial hearings are finalised. Police inquiries must necessarily be painstaking and often agonisingly slow, and details can be withheld in order to ensure that justice is served.
Our yearly registers date back to 2012. We can only record the deaths of which we are made aware – those which merit a mention in police reports and media, and which are confirmed as resulting from violence targeted against women. Destroyers, if you know of any facts which may add detail to our record, please send us a **personal message**. Personal messages only, please – we delete all comment and speculation from our public wall and from comment threads. We have no wish to prejudice the outcome of court proceedings.
Women from all backgrounds are counted but we make no assumptions about a woman's culture, lifestyle or circumstances. We often do not even know a name: this may be out of respect for cultural traditions, or because of a court order. We add updated information to our 2017 Register as soon as it is received. You can access updated Notes here:
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*Please note:* We do not confine our count to only deaths attributed as domestic or family violence, as we believe all violent deaths targeted against women are the result of societal misogyny. Most of these cases are subject to court proceedings but we do know that in at least 75 per cent of the cases reported from 2012 to 2015, the victim knew her alleged killer. We include women killed by other women (lateral violence). Their relatively small but equally sad number confirms that most violence against women is perpetrated by men.
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