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

[http://successwomensnetwork.com.au women and networking australia] - For a growing quantity of women all over the world, the best risk from guns is not around the streets or the battlefield, in their own homes - and many with the deaths are caused by a detailed acquaintance. In Portugal, 47 for women who live been killed in incidents of domestic violence to date 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 very first international campaign to end the threat of armed domestic violence, led from the London-based International Action Network on Small Arms (IANSA). The campaign was unveiled as part of IANSA's Global Week of Action Against Gun Violence (June 15 - 22), which can be being observed this season in 85 countries worldwide.

The new network seeks to consider guns out of the hands of men who have past domestic abuse, and so are almost certainly to employ a gun in anger. "If you've got a previous record of violence, you merely really should not be able 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 create a common database for your campaign.

[http://successwomensnetwork.com.au women and networking australia] - Based on IANSA, women are 3 times more prone to die violently when there is a gun in the home. For every woman killed or injured by firearms, a lot more are threatened.

The worldwide nature from the crisis is reflected within the new network, which includes 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 men with a good reputation for domestic abuse are denied access to firearms or have their own licenses revoked.

Firearms licensing had been built-into domestic violence laws australia wide, Canada, South Africa, and Trinidad and Tobago - with impressive results. Canada tightened its gun laws in 1995, and also by 2003 the gun murder rate dropped by 15 % overall by 40 percent for ladies. Australia, which overhauled its gun laws in 1996, saw a 45 percent drop within the murder of women within five years.Pauline Dempers interview

[http://successwomensnetwork.com.au networking for women australia] - The campaign kicked off now using a flurry of activities. In Argentina, advocates held a candlelight vigil and met with Argentine Senator Christina Perceval to press to get a new bill on armed domestic violence. In Canada, activists brought their message for the First Annual Canadian Conference around the Protection against Domestic Homicide in Ontario.

Peace Fellow Johanna Wilkie joined Pauline Dempers, the nation's Coordinator of Smashing 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 with a television appearance Monday (June 15) along with a press conference today. Women in Portugal will kick off their campaign June 29 using a documentary screening and discussion.

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