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Some Recent Findings are that... 

• The majority of callers are single women  who live with partner whom they are not legally married to. 
• Many women phone that their partners come from other countries.  These partners often abandon them and their children and leave the women to fend for themselves. Sometimes they marry them to obtain SA citizenship before abandoning them.
• More male callers call about child abuse.  These callers are men who see children being abused in the community and then call the line to report the incident.  The counsellor will refer them to the nearest CPU or social worker.  
• Both men and women phoning about child abuse are concerned citizens or relatives of abused children.
• Three forms of abuse are reported.  These often are connected, although men often report emotional abuse only.  Women often phone about emotional abuse and then through counselling disclose economic and physical abuse as well.
• Calls about femicide are often from women who are being physically abused and fear being murdered by their male partner.  They often phone after they have been abused and suffer from serious injuries.

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