Judiciary runs out of words for 'barbaric' gender violence
As the international community marks its annual 16 days of activism to end gender-based violence, judges are running out of words to describe the horrific cases of femicide that regularly come before them for trial. A case in point was recently heard by Namibia's high court and concerns the butchery of a woman by the man with whom she had been in a romantic relationship.
Every week I read scores of judicial decisions from all over the world. Many involve the rape or murder of women or children.
This week was no different.