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CUTS TO WOMEN'S REFUGES ARE A MEASURE OF OUR COUNTRY
I was a police officer for over 20 years and I have seen the terrible consequences of domestic violence particularly where women have lost their lives... READ MORE›
WOMEN'S LIVES AT RISK FROM CHANGES TO FUNDING FOR REFUGES, SAY CHARITIES
New measures on violence against women to be put in domestic abuse bill... READ MORE›
EUROPEAN LEADERS PLEDGE TO COMBAT VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
French President Emmanuel Macron called on the whole nation to push for gender equality, starting with the eradication of violence against women... READ MORE›
'I SCREAMED FOR HELP, BUT NOBODY CAME'
Mongolia's domestic violence victims struggle for support amid austerity and arctic temperatures... READ MORE›
FORMER ADDICT SHARES STORY TO SHINE LIGHT ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
The New South Wales Domestic Violence Death Review panel has also put together an information booklet for new arrival communities... READ MORE›
TEXAS SHOOTING REMINDS US THAT MISOGYNY CAN BE FATAL
The Texas massacre is a grave reminder that the majority of mass shootings in America are committed by individuals with histories of domestic violence... READ MORE›
CONTROL AND FEAR: WHAT MASS KILLINGS AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HAVE IN COMMON
'Intimate Terrorism' Domestic violence often follows a pattern in which an abuser seeks to control every aspect of a victim's life... READ MORE›
'SEEMS A BIT RICH' - COUNCIL UNDER FIRE FOR DISMISSING WOMAN'S CONCERNS ABOUT ABUSIVE PARTNER
People who are at risk of domestic violence are among the most vulnerable in the homeless population, Ms Gleeson said... READ MORE›
RIGHTS BODY SOUNDS ALARM AFTER VIOLENCE AT HOME AND TO RIDE SERVICES CLAIMS 83 WOMEN IN MEXICO'S PUEBLA
Mexico's National Human Rights Commission says authorities should declare a gender violence alert for the central state of Puebla. The governmental commiss... READ MORE›
'SEEMS A BIT RICH' - COUNCIL UNDER FIRE FOR DISMISSING WOMAN'S CONCERNS ABOUT ABUSIVE PARTNER
People who are at risk of domestic violence are among the most vulnerable in the homeless population, Ms Gleeson said... READ MORE›
NUMBER OF CATHOLICS LIVING IN IRELAND FALLING, CENSUS DATA REVEALS
Number of catholics living in ireland falling, census data..... READ MORE›
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'SUBMIT TO YOUR HUSBANDS': WOMEN TOLD TO ENDURE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN THE NAME OF GOD
Kara Hartley is the Archdeacon for Women in the Diocese of Sydney and deputy chair of a taskforce looking into church responses to domestic violence... READ MORE›
MOROCCAN STATE TV SHOWS WOMEN HOW TO HIDE SIGNS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
Women in Morocco have reacted in horror after a programme on state television demonstrated how they could use makeup to cover up evidence of domestic violence... READ MORE›
THE VIRGINIA GUNMAN IS A REMINDER
But while curbing domestic violence could help prevent public mass shootings, the crime is too misunderstood by politicians and the public for change to happen... READ MORE›
AFGHAN WOMAN'S EARS CUT OFF BY HUSBAND
The woman's husband is on the run in Kashinda district following the attack, police have told local media... READ MORE›
'IF HE BEATS YOU, HE LOVES YOU'
Under pressure from conservative parenting groups and the Russian Orthodox Church, the deputies voted this week to strike domestic violence from the criminal code, as well... READ MORE›
INDIAN SISTERS TO BE RAPED AS 'PUNISHMENT' FOR BROTHER ELOPING
These Khap courts routinely order vile sexually violent punishments against women... READ MORE›
'I WAS SO SCARED': THAI WOMEN REVEAL VIOLENCE AT THE HANDS OF AUSTRALIAN PARTNERS
Thai migrant women are victims of domestic violence at seven times the national rate, mostly at the hands of their Australian-born partners, the latest data shows... READ MORE›
JEREMY HUNT URGED TO BAN GP FEES FOR 'IMMORAL' DOMESTIC VIOLENCE LETTERS
It should not be a privilege for victims of domestic abuse to gain legal aid... READ MORE›
WE RECORD ALL THE KILLING OF WOMEN BY MEN. YOU SEE A PATTERN
Ingala Smith said it was this case that made her realise the issue was wider than domestic violence... READ MORE›
TRUSS ORDERS REVIEW TO BAN ABUSERS TORMENTING VICTIMS IN FAMILY COURTS
Truss orders review to ban abusers tormenting victims in family courts... READ MORE›
FAMILY COURTS CHIEF BACKS END TO ABUSERS CROSS-EXAMINING THEIR VICTIMS
The practice has been banned in criminal courts but continues in the family division... READ MORE›
EXTRA ?6M IN DEVELOPMENT FUNDING TO FIGHT ABUSE OF WOMEN AND GIRLS
Britain is to step up efforts to combat abuse of women and girls around the world, international development secretary Priti Patel said this weekend... READ MORE›
TORY MP TALKS FOR OVER AN HOUR IN BID TO DERAIL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE BILL
Ministers were debating whether to ratify the Istanbul Convention, which would increase support for victims of domestic violence... READ MORE›
MP MICHELLE THOMSON SAYS SHE WAS RAPED AGED 14
Mps ask may to ratify international accord on violence against women... READ MORE›
WOMEN'S PROSPECTS LIMITED BY LAW IN 155 COUNTRIES, FINDS WORLD BANK STUDY
There has also been progress in tackling violence against women 127 countries now have laws on domestic violence, compared with just seven 25 years ago... READ MORE›
WOMEN WITH DISABILITIES EXCLUDED FROM DOMESTIC ABUSE LAW, SAY CAMPAIGNERS
44 GMT A new law on domestic violence that criminalises coercive control could exclude women with disabilities, who are particularly vulnerable to such abuse, say campaigners... READ MORE›
INDIAN MAN KILLS WIFE OVER DINNER DELAY
Domestic violence has been the most reported violent crime against women in the country every year for more than a decade now... READ MORE›
'CAMOUFLAGING' DOMESTIC VIOLENCE WITH MAKEUP, TV SHOW APOLOGISES
It is unclear if the woman was an actual victim of domestic violence... READ MORE›
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS MAKING HEADLINES AROUND THE WORLD. NOW IT'S TIME FOR THE WORLD TO START TAKING IT SERIOUSLY.
As people in the development community never tire of repeating, domestic violence is a major obstacle to human development... READ MORE›
STAY OF EXECUTION GRANTED FOR DAD WHO MURDERED KIDS
John Battaglia was scheduled to be executed Wednesday night for the 2001 murders of his daughters -- ages 6 and 9... READ MORE›
UN EXPERT REMINDS AUSTRALIA OF OBLIGATIONS ON GENDERED VIOLENCE
The government has a Women's Safety Package, worth 100 million, which includes 12 new specialist domestic violence units at pilot locations in each state and territory... READ MORE›
RUSSIA EXPECTED TO MOVE CLOSER TO DECRIMINALIZING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
Russian police are notoriously reluctant to react to domestic violence calls, which many regard as meddling in family affairs... READ MORE›
JUDGE ORDERS BOSTON MARATHON BOMBER TO PAY $100M TO VICTIMS
U.S. District Judge George O'Toole denied the motion for a new trial Friday... READ MORE›
RUSSIAN MPS BACK EASING PUNISHMENT FOR DOMESTIC ABUSE
Russia's lower house of parliament passed a controversial bill to soften the punishment for domestic violence, arguing the state has no business intervening in family life... READ MORE›
PAKISTANI WOMAN DIES AFTER BEING SET ON FIRE BY A FORMER LOVER FOR REJECTING A MARRIAGE PROPOSAL
Hundreds of women are murdered in Pakistan each year in cases of domestic violence or on the grounds of defending family honour ... READ MORE›
'THAT DRESS' GETS SECOND LIFE AS SHOCKING ANTI-VIOLENCE CAMPAIGN PROP
Black and blue white and gold dress in a campaign against domestic violence... READ MORE›
FOOD THEFT IN ITALY MAY NOT BE A CRIME COURT RULES
Mr. Colombo, the former member of the Supreme Court of Cassation, said he believed that the decision in the Ostriakov case was correct... READ MORE›
GOVERNMENT PASSING THE BUCK ON AIR POLLUTION, SAYS CAMPAIGNERS
Government passing the buck on air pollution, says campaigners... READ MORE›
HIZB UT-TAHRIR VIDEO CONDONING FAMILY VIOLENCE UNDER FIRE
A video by Women of Hizb ut-Tahrir that condones domestic violence and describes hitting wives as 'a beautiful blessing' has come under fire... READ MORE›
OSCAR PISTORIUS: JUDGE ALLOWS STATE TO APPEAL AGAINST MURDER ACQUITTAL
30am GMT to hear Judge Thokozile Masipa rule whether prosecutors can take their challenge to Oscar Pistorius's conviction and sentence to the supreme court of appeal... READ MORE›