domestic violence

According to the "scarce" data WHO has received, emergency calls by women subjected to violence by their intimate partners jumped 60% across European member states in April, compared to the same period last year.

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres says many women and girls are threatened and appeals for "peace at home" amid the pandemic.

Those confined at home with abusive partners are at increased risk during the coronavirus pandemic.

What would a world without women look like? On Monday, tens of thousands of women in Mexico stayed off the streets to protest femicide.

The German publisher Bauer Verlag has apologised for a horoscope published in Tina magazine, which announced possible domestic violence to the reader.

Euronews spoke with an expert on violence against women and she answered user questions submitted on Reddit.

"Russia is one of the only major countries that does not have dedicated laws for domestic violence, despite official findings that at least one in five women has experienced physical violence perpetrated by a husband or partner," Alexandra Patsalides, a lawyer with Equality Now told Euronews.

"This is the wrong number to order a pizza," the dispatcher said, then added shortly after, "I'm getting you now, OK. ... The guy still there?"

Police revealed that Sana's ex-husband had bought two crossbows months prior to the attack and carried out surveillance on her house.

Meghan Markle visited a memorial to Uyinene Mrwetyana, a young South African whose rape and murder inspired thousands to protest.

Russia has no domestic violence law and does not treat domestic violence as a stand-alone criminal offense. In a dramatic step back in 2017, certain forms of domestic violence were actually decriminalised.

NGOs and families of victims marched across Paris on Saturday to denounce the rise in femicides and demand governmental action.

A published list has revealed the 999 names of women in Spain who have died as a result of violence from their partners or ex-partners since official records began in 2003.