For over 15 years, Iceland has been hailed as a global leader in gender equality. Yet, according to the latest report from the Icelandic police, domestic violence cases have surged by nearly 40% over the past decade. How does a country celebrated for …
But it fails to address two of the most severe forms of gender violence: femicide and rape.
President Donald Trump bolted into his first day in office with an unprecedented show of executive force โ signing orders intended to end the right to citizenship by birth, force federal workers back to the office and grant Tik Tok a reprieve from a forced shutdown โ as he showcased his desire to circumvent Congress [โฆ]
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Rights campaigners have long suspected that combating violence against women is not a priority for the Islamist ruling party.
Salvo Nicolosi
and Tรผrkan Ertuna Lagrand, University of UtrechtPhoto credit: USAID, via Wikimedia Commons
Just a couple of weeks after the Taliban regime in
Afghanistan announced a
new decree prohibiting women from being heard …
โIcemanโ files for defamation after allegations he subjected former partner and children to physical and verbal abuseA biopic of the Dutch extreme athlete and wellness guru Wim Hof has been put on hold after allegations of domestic violence against the…
The United Nations says gender equality is catastrophically off track, and gender-based violence continues to scar society. Soccer is making a pitch to end domestic violence through engagement and education.
In Malta, where violence against women is still prevalent, more action is needed to change the reality – football stakeholders are playing a part in trying to achieve significant change.
Romania is starting to see changes in the way it reacts to domestic violence; itโs the result of a new partnership between the Romanian Football Association and a womenโs rights NGO.
In Portugal, where domestic violence remains a largely underreported problem, there are high hopes football can play a vital role in changing societyโs perception and reaction to abuse.
To help tackle violence against women, the EU has launched GOALSCORE, an innovative project aiming to raise awareness and promote football institutional support for gender equality.
Violence against women continues to scar our society, but the European Union continues to combat the phenomenon in all forms. Project GOALSCORE offers an opportunity to help through football, the worldโs most loved sport.
Online jail records say Artem Chigvintsev was booked into a Californian county jail on Thursday.
Online jail records say Artem Chigvintsev was booked into a Californian county jail on Thursday.
โAlthough I regretfully have no memory of what happened, what I did was unacceptable,โ Hungarian lawmaker said.
Nearly 300,000 cases were registered last year, but victims often prefer to keep quiet where servicemen are involvedIn May this year, Lubov Nedoriz, a volunteer social worker, received a call from the police in Pervomaiskyi, a town in the Ukrainian pro…
Jarring and heartbreaking documentary excavates the film-makerโs past while illuminating an abuserโs place in the cycle of violenceEnveloped in a sonic cocoon of gentle ocean waves and rustling wind, the sensorial opening of Efthymia Zymvragakiโs featu…
Costanza Piccolomini was physically disfigured by her lover, the Baroque sculptor Bernini: 400 years later her story can finally be toldAround 1637, the Baroque โsuperstarโ artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini ยญcreated his first, and only, non-commissioned scul…
Public figures call for release of Tori Towey, 28, who says attempt was response to alleged domestic violence attackA 28-year-old woman from Ireland has been charged with โattempting suicideโ by a court in Dubai, with politicians and campaigners callin…
A trip north with the U.K.โs most powerful leader in a generation.
Dr. Ceren Kasฤฑm, Postdoctoral
Research and Teaching Fellow, University of Hildesheim, Germany
Photo credit: MesserWoland, via Wikimedia Commons
INTRODUCTION
The first-ever binding European
Union (EU) legal instrument to…
Gordon Black, 34, was accused of assaulting and stealing from his girlfriend.
Professor Steve Peers, Royal Holloway University of
London
Photo credit: Luxofluxo, via Wikimedia Commons
Introduction
While attention has been focussed
on the overhaul of EU law on asylum โ which I have analysed in an upcoming
article…
Kazakhstanโs legislative reforms targeting domestic violence are at a pivotal moment, with new laws taking effect on 16 June which aim to protect women and children. Kazakhstan is seeking to establish zero tolerance for domestic violence.
“Our doors are open,” said Manfred Weber, leader of the European Peopleโs Party.
Victims of nonconsensual, sexually explicit deepfakes are lobbying Congress to pass a bill. Lawmakers are running out of time.
Itโs important we heed the early warning signs of illiberalism โ and not wait until children are gassed in the streets.
Long before Russia sent its troops to Ukraine, rights groups had sounded the alarm over the country’s poor record on protecting women from domestic violence. But now, with the conflict in its third year, campaigners say that the problem could be getti…
The new rules aim to prevent gender-based violence and protect its victims, especially women and victims of domestic violence.Committee on Womenโs Rights and Gender EqualityCommittee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Source : ยฉ European Unio…
Pรฉter Magyar, ex-husband of former Justice Minister Judit Varga, has released a recording alleging high-level corruption.
PM is suing over lewd videos that used her face superimposed onto someone else’s body.
Chancellor says date would allow a spending review to be carried out in time for next AprilSir Jacob Rees-Mogg, the Tory MP and former business secretary, has described as โbarmyโ a ruling from Ofcom saying that GB News broke impartiality rules because…
The Sciences Po director continues to claim his innocence as him and his former partner are set to stand trial.
“It’s hard to be a woman in politics,” said Jรฉromine Andolfatto, policy and campaign officer at the European Women’s Lobby.
Tiphaine Auziรจre, a 40-year-old lawyer and stepdaughter to French President Emmanuel Macron, has published her first novel, โAssises,โ addressing domestic violence and the law.
French actor alleges arthouse film-maker Benoรฎt Jacquot groomed her when she was 14 and he was 39French prosecutors have opened a rape inquiry after the actor Judith Godrรจche filed a complaint against the arthouse film director Benoรฎt Jacquot, who she …
EU legislators reached a provisional deal on rules to combat gender-based violence and protect its victims, especially women and victims of domestic violence.Committee on Womenโs Rights and Gender EqualityCommittee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home …
Hundreds of kids are still missing, as families say their children were rescued from the rubble and checked into nearby hospitals but have vanished since.
Lead MEPs will brief journalists on the outcome of negotiations on rules to combat violence against women and domestic violence.Committee on Womenโs Rights and Gender EqualityCommittee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Source : ยฉ European Un…
With one in three women having experienced physical or sexual violence in the EU, awareness-raising and in-community training is key to helping those at risk access support, with various projects being rolled out across Europe.
Professor Steve Peers,
Royal Holloway University of London*
Photo credit: Ggia, via Wikimedia
Commons
*sentences with an asterisk have been corrected or updated since the original publication of this post. Most recently updated 14 May 2024.&n…
The number of rough sleepers in Westminster is surging โ and it’s part of a wider national problem.
Romania recorded a rise in the number of reported cases of violence against women, as well as concerning statistics such as three in four solved rape cases ending in miscarriages of justice in 2022, according to a report published on…
Boss of elite French university Mathias Vicherat has been interviewed by police and denies claims against himThe director of once of Franceโs most prestigious higher education colleges, Sciences Po in Paris, is to stand down temporarily after being int…
Mathias Vicherat bows to pressure from student groups to โtemporarilyโ withdraw but denies wrongdoing
‘I have never, under any circumstances, committed such acts,’ Sciences Po’s Mathias Vicherat insists.
Twenty-seven Serbian women have been murdered this year, although the actual figure is expected to be higher due to issues with collecting accurate data. Media reported that 27 women were killed throughout the year under the definition of domestic viol…
Stealing moneyย from bank accounts, forbiddingย or sabotaging work, controlling or unevenly splitting household expenses:ย financial abuse in intimate relationshipsย persists in France.ย Often undetected, itโs frequently linkedย toย physical violence.
PM Giorgia Meloni and opposition party leader Elly Schlein join forces to fight domestic violence after the brutal killing of a young student.
IN THE PRESS โ Thursday, November 23: We look at reactions in the Dutch papers after Geert Wilders’ party wins legislative elections and must now form a coalition to govern. Also: Italian lawmakers pass a law protecting victims of domestic violence, a…
Tรผrkan Ertuna Lagrand (Assistant
Professor, Utrecht University School of Law) and Salvo Nicolosi (Senior Assistant
Professor, Utrecht University School of Law)Photo credit: USAIDAfghanistan, via Wikimedia Commons
Can a woman be
recognized as a r…
A total of 56 Labour MPs rebelled by voting for a cease-fire in the Middle East.
Beyond the sweary WhatsApp messages lies a deeper British malaise.
In todayโs newsletter: Wars around the world can have a huge impact on children. So how do we help them navigate the endless cycle of bad news?โข Sign up here for our daily newsletter, First EditionGood morning. With the cost of living crisis, political…
I felt a deep need to join this unbelievable meeting of women and non-binary people. I am worried, I am tired and I am angryWhen I was an infant, my mother, then 26 years old, took me with her to the first womenโs strike in downtown Reykjavรญk. It was a…
The Equality Commissioner urged EU countries to find an agreement with the Parliament on the directive to prevent and combat violence against women, urging for rape to be included in the file.ย
The war has made the Orthodox church a force for national unity. Where will it go from here?
This EU mandate, marked by the COVID-19 pandemic, pushed forward the creation of the European Health Union and boosted health policy files – with a short legislative stretch left, here is what lies ahead.
Gen Z have earned their title as the ‘woke’ generation once again, this time turning their attention to the garment named after an act of domestic violence. It’s the wife beater no more – meet the far less ‘triggering’ wife pleaser.
Thousands of people marched in Sarajevo and other Bosnian cities Monday (14 August), days after a woman was murdered by her partner who livestreamed her killing on social media before killing two men and himself.
