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Figure 2
Comparison of press and case reports, Temporal
distribution, 2000 to 2006
40
Percentage of total
35
30
25
press
20
case
15
10
5
0
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
Year
*12
It should be pointed out that the two data sets in Figure 2 differ in 2000 as the Human Rights
Forum was only recently established, so most of the reports were from the press domain. After
12 September 2003, there was no more reporting of any kind from the Daily News newspaper,
and it can be seen that there is indeed a steep decline from 2003 in reports about violations to
women in the press domain.
There was extremely strong agreement between the two data sets in respect of the violations. As
can be seen from Figure 3 [over], the violence reported ranged from assault, arson, property
destruction, indecent assault, rape, death threats, political intimidation, disappearance,
displacement, kidnapping and torture. Assault was the most common offence reported, and this
mostly involved beatings of one kind or another.
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There was no correlation between the two data sets as regards temporal distribution [0.009].
“A Woman’s Place is in the Home ?” – Gender Based Violence and Opposition Politics in Zimbabwe.