Australians are calling out the “heartbreaking” number of women who have been killed in recent weeks as the alleged murder of Danielle Finlay-Jones continues to make headlines across the country.
“We need to talk about how Christmas time is one of the most dangerous times of the year for women,” says Kon Karapanagiotidis, a women’s rights activist.
“Women (are being) killed by male entitlement. Men need to be speaking up, calling out violence against women.”
The body of Ms Finlay-Jones, 31, was found in a western Sydney home on December 18.
Ashley Gaddie, 33, has been charged with her murder after a tense 12-hour stand off with police.
Ms Finlay-Jones and Mr Gaddie had met friends for drinks at Marsden Brewhouse before returning to a Cranebrook home in the early hours of the morning.
Her friends discovered her in bed with horrific head injuries when they went to check on her at 2:30pm the following day.
Paramedics rushed to the home, however the young teacher was pronounced dead at the scene.
Days on from Ms Finlay-Jones’ death, there are calls for more to be done to change the number of deaths of Australian women as the death toll ticks upwards.
There has been a woman killed every two days in December, according to women’s rights activist Tarang Chawla.
“Every second day an Australian man has made a decision to kill someone who should have been able to trust them, to love them or if a relationship ended, to leave them,” Mr Chawla said on Tiktok.
“And yet that is the reality of the country that we live in and I’m not hearing a single politician say anything about it.”
On the same day Ms Finlay-Jones died, another NSW woman died from serious injuries.
Police were called to an Albion Park unit following concerns for a woman’s welfare, however found the 37-year-old inside with grave injuries.
Despite the efforts of responding police and NSW Ambulance paramedics, the woman died at the scene.
A 28-year-old man was later charged with her murder.
“Where are the vigils in their name? Where is the urgent action to reform and stop these senseless deaths?” Mr Tarang said.