VICTIM/PERPETRATOR ANALYSIS 0 PERPETRATORS 68 Unknown Female 3 Male 162 VICTIMS 0 352 100 200 293 300 400 Figure 6: Victim and Perpetrator Analysis by Gender The majority of the perpetrators and victims of violence are men; this trend reflects the masculine nature of Zimbabwean political contestations, which are still dominated by men. It has to be noted that there are more victims than perpetrators of violence who are women. Women are targeted as victims of political violence and in June there are reported cases of women being targeted with assault and arson in politically related matters. 350 300 250 200 150 100 50 0 VICTIMS PERPETRATORS Figure 7: Victim and Perpetrator Analysis by Affiliation The culture of violence seems to have permeated across all political parties. There is a worrying increase in the perpetrators of violence from the opposition MDC-T. The number of perpetrators from the MDC-T more than doubled from 15 in May 2015 to 39 in June. This reflects the violent nature of factional politics within the opposition movement. The majority of the victims in June were of an unknown political affiliation, this could reflect the general culture of fear that is in the country. Most victims are afraid of identifying their political affiliation for fear of further persecution. 22