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Risk Factors Influencing Intimate Partner Killing of Women by Men in Namibia: A Qualitative Study of Unafflicted Women in Windhoek and Walvis Bay

Author(s) Dr. Luise Utuhole Amadhila, Magnolia N
Country Namibia
Abstract There is increasing interest in intimate partner killing (IPK) popularly known as ‘passion killing’ in some parts of the world, especially Southern Africa. Namibia continues to record increasing number of women’s deaths at the hands of their intimate partners (IPs). Men continue to murder their IPs due to various risk factors associated with IPK. Therefore, this study explored risk factors influencing intimate partner killing of women by men in Namibia during intimate relationships. Purposive sampling technique was used in the selection of the study’s participants. Women from Walvis Bay and Windhoek, Namibia participated in the face-to-face, semi-structured interviews. The study collected data from 14 women who were neither directly nor indirectly related to victims of IPK nor knew someone who had died as a result of IPK. Subsequently, verbatim transcription of interview recordings of the 14 participant in which they narrated why some IPK victims were murdered as they read or heard them from different media platforms was undertaken. Participants mentioned that men murder their IPs due to jealousy, cheating, poverty as well as alcohol and substance abuse. The findings revealed that the common IPK risk factors are cheating, poverty, jealousy and alcohol abuse and drugs. The risk factors influencing IPK of women by men in Namibia during intimate relationship provide essential insights into developing policy interventions aimed at strict laws and regulations in acquiring and storing of ammunitions in communities in Namibia and suggest a review of existing laws regarding sentencing of IPK murderers.
Keywords intimate partner killing; intimate partner; gender base violence; violence against women; risk factors; domestic violence
Published In Volume 7, Issue 6, November-December 2025
Published On 2025-11-22
DOI https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2025.v07i06.39495
Short DOI https://doi.org/hbb78v
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