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Udlame Lwasekhaya e-United States

Ngokwesilinganiso, abantu abacishe babe ngu-20 ngomzuzu bahlukunyezwa abalingani abasondelene nabo e-United States. Phakathi nonyaka owodwa, lokhu kulingana nabesifazane namadoda angaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-10.
Owesifazane oyedwa kwabathathu kanye nendoda eyodwa kwezine baye baba izisulu [zohlobo oluthile] lobudlova obungokomzimba umngane wabo abasondelene naye phakathi nokuphila kwabo.
Oyedwa kwabesifazane abangu-4 kanye noyedwa kwabesilisa abayisi-7 ube yizisulu ezinzima udlame olungokomzimba umlingani osondelene naye empilweni yakhe.
Oyedwa kwabesifazane abayisi-7 kanye no-1 kwabesilisa abayi-18 baye bahujwa umlingani osondelene naye ngesikhathi sokuphila kwaze kwaba yilapho bezizwa besaba kakhulu noma bakholelwa ukuthi yena noma othile osondelene naye uzolinyazwa noma abulawe.
Ngosuku olujwayelekile, kunezingcingo ezingaphezu kuka-20,000 ezishayelwa izingcingo zezingcingo zodlame lwasekhaya ezweni lonke.
Ukuba khona kwesibhamu esimweni sodlame lwasekhaya kwandisa ingozi yokubulawa ngo-500%.
Udlame lwabalingani abasondelene lubanga u-15% wabo bonke ubugebengu obunodlame.
Abesifazane abaneminyaka ephakathi kuka-18-24 bavame ukuhlukunyezwa abantu abasondelene nabo.
U-19% wodlame lwasekhaya ubandakanya isikhali.
Ukuhlukunyezwa kwasekhaya kuhlotshaniswa nezinga eliphezulu lokudangala kanye nokuziphatha kokuzibulala.
Bangama-34% kuphela abantu abalinyazwa abantu abasondelene nabo abathola usizo lwezokwelashwa ngenxa yokulimala kwabo.

*umthombo weNational Coalition Against Domestic Violence

Ukuhlukumeza ngokocansi e-United States:

Oyedwa kwabesifazane abahlanu kanye noyedwa kwabesilisa abangama-71 bazodlwengulwa esikhathini esithile empilweni yabo.
E-US, owesifazane oyedwa kwabangu-3 kanye nendoda eyodwa kwabayisithupha bahlangabezane nohlobo oluthile lodlame locansi ekuphileni kwabo.
U-51.1% wezisulu zokudlwengulwa kwabesifazane ubike ukuthi udlwengulwe umlingani osondelene naye kanye no-40.8% ngumuntu abamaziyo.
U-52.4% wezisulu zabesilisa zibika ukuthi zidlwengulwe umuntu ezimaziyo kanye no-15.1% ngumuntu ongamazi.
Cishe ingxenye (49.5%) yabesifazane bezinhlanga eziningi kanye nangaphezulu kuka-45% abesifazane bomdabu baseMelika base-American Indian/Alaska bake babhekana nodlame oluthile locansi ekuphileni kwabo.
U-91% wezisulu zokudlwengulwa nokunukubezwa ngokocansi ngabesifazane, kanti amaphesenti ayisishiyagalolunye ngabesilisa.
Emacaleni angu-8 kwangu-10 okudlwengula, isisulu siyamazi umenzi wobubi.
U-8% wokudlwengulwa kwenzeka ngesikhathi isisulu sisemsebenzini.

Ukuhlasela ngokocansi kwekhampasi:

U-20% - 25% wabesifazane basekolishi kanye ne-15% yabesilisa basekolishi bayizisulu zocansi oluphoqelelwe phakathi nesikhathi sabo sekolishi.
Ucwaningo lwango-2002 lwaveza ukuthi u-63.3% wamadoda enyuvesi ethile azibika ukuthi afaneleka njengokudlwengula noma azama ukudlwengula avuma ukuthi adlwengula ephinda.
Bangaphezu kuka-90% izisulu zokunukubezwa ngokocansi emakhempasini asekolishi abakubiki ukuhlaselwa.

*umthombo weNational Sexual Violence Resource Centre

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