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View all search resultsItaly has seen a sharp fall in official reports of domestic violence as it approaches a month under coronavirus lockdown, raising concern among some support groups that forced confinement is leaving victims struggling to seek help.
An ex-rugby league player is suspected of killing his three children and estranged wife by setting fire to their car, in what Australian police described as one of the most horrific incidents they have encountered.
Indonesia ranked 104 out of 160 countries on the United Nations Development Program’s 2017 Gender Inequality Index, which measures gender disparities in education, reproductive health and economic and political participation. Indonesia’s ranking has changed little in recent years and is below that of most of its Asian neighbors.
Three Albanian 16-year-old girls have developed an app to help victims of domestic violence access support, hoping to tackle a huge problem in Albania, where one in two women suffered abuse last year, according to a survey.
Under the current draft, they said, marital rape would finally be outlawed. The pending law would also include guarantees of services for survivors of domestic violence, such as legal and medical support and access to safe houses.