Two women killed each week / Guardian, 3 July 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/jul/02/ukcrime.women?gusrc=rss&feed=society
Julie Bindell
"Three million women across the UK suffer violence each year, including rape, domestic violence, forced marriage, stalking, and sexual exploitation and trafficking/prostitution. Almost half of women in England and Wales experience domestic violence, sexual assault or stalking in their lifetime. One in five women in Northern Ireland experience domestic violence. More than 900 rapes were reported to the police in Scotland in 2006/7. According to government figures, violence against women costs £40bn a year in England and Wales alone."