Femicide of so-called "honor" is sometimes the cause of serious cases of health deterioration or mutilation among women in Turkey. According to a 2000 report by the U.N. Population Fund (UNFPA), approximately 5,000 women are murdered each year in the name of "honor". In the case of Turkey, according to the "Report on Custom and Honor Killings" by the country's General Directorate of Security, 1,028 custom and honor killings were committed for the sake of morals or honesty between the years of 2003 and 2007. Femicide in Africa includes intimate partner femicide. The continent varies in cultural practices greatly and the
Society of the Descendants of the Schwenkfeldian Exiles members). Society of the Descendants of the Schwenkfeldian Exiles The Society of the Descendants of the Schwenkfeldian Exiles is a lineage society with membership open to descendants of the 209 members of the Schwenkfelder Church who arrived near Penn's Landing between 1731 and 1737 and settled in Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1921 by William Wagener Porter and had an initial membership of 125 individuals. It is not affiliated officially with any Schwenkfelder institution. It was previously a member of the Pennsylvania Federation of Historical Societies. In 2016, the membership of the organization was 423 (314 life members, and 109