Domestic violence kills women. It kills children too. And the methods of killing are very similar to the types of abuse disclosed to Women’s Aid. Domestic violence includes emotional, physical, financial and sexual abuse. Each year Women’s Aid publishes data on the types of abuse and the level of disclosure and while each type cause pain and distress, physical abuse can be lethal. In 2015 we heard of over 22,000 disclosures of abuse of women and children. There were 970 threats to kill women, children and family members disclosed to Women’s Aid. There were 579 additional disclosures of assaults with weapons, threats with weapons and being strangled and smothered. Our Femicide Watch shows women are more likely to be stabbed or strangled and mirrors the disclosures of attempted strangulation and assault with knives disclosed by callers to our Helpline.