Femicide partner femicide rate of one woman every two days. Yearly, India's government reports the deaths of 5,000 woman to this cause, but this number is believed to be grossly underestimated due to the under-reported prevalence of honor killings and dowry-related murders. However, intimate partner homicide only accounts for 5–8% of all murders of men, disproportionately affecting women to a large extent, making it a gendered problem. In fact, women are disproportionately represented as victims of all family violence including incest, sexual harassment, rape and battering. These acts of violence are found to escalate over time within a relationship, possibly resulting
Society of the Descendants of the Schwenkfeldian Exiles 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 annual