Domestic violence victims in rural areas lacking vital support, report claims
Isolation, closed communities, fewer transport links and difficulty in accessing services means ‘victims and survivors are being let down’ Read the article
Isolation, closed communities, fewer transport links and difficulty in accessing services means ‘victims and survivors are being let down’ Read the article
The new legal instrument defines sexism as: “Any act, gesture, visual representation, spoken or written words, practice or behaviour based upon the idea that a person or a group of…
In Barcelona, the recently created LGTBI Resources Centre has reached an agreement with the regional police by which victims of LGBTphobic crimes will not need to go to a police…
Until 2010, the law didn’t even recognise human trafficking as a crime. Now the Spanish government estimates that up to 90% of women working in prostitution could be victims of trafficking or…
The complexity of human trafficking in Australia for sexual exploitation is compounded by about half of the prosecuted perpetrators being females, and many who were once the victims of trafficking…
The 1st national workshop took place on the 12st of April in Athens Greece, aiming to build cooperation among actors working for the protection of victims of crime. The participants…
A “groundbreaking” new law has come into effect in Scotland that makes psychological domestic abuse and controlling behaviour a crime. The Scottish parliament passed the Domestic Abuse Act in February last year, creating a…
Τo Υπουργείο Προστασίας του Πολίτη προωθεί σειρά οργανωτικών μεταρρυθμίσεων στην Ελληνική Αστυνομία για την αποτελεσματικότερη αντιμετώπιση των περιστατικών ενδοοικογενειακής βίας. Με Προεδρικό Διάταγμα θα δημιουργηθεί άμεσα "Τμήμα Αντιμετώπισης Ενδοοικογενειακής Βίας" υπό τη…
Domestic violence has risen dramatically in London in the past seven years, figures show, prompting concern about the hidden problem of “widespread sexual violence” in the capital. Read more here: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/feb/27/domestic-violence-london-rise