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Feb. 12, 2025, 7:04 p.m.
Countries: Pakistan
Variables: DV-DATA-1

"Consider Punjab, Pakistan's most populous province, with more than 127 million people. There were 10,103 reported cases of domestic violence in 2023. This year, the number is already higher at 13,295 reports by the end of August. It is not clear whether the increase reflects more women reporting to the police or more violence. But there are signs that the various efforts made in Gujranwala to encourage women to report crimes are working. The vity's population is some 6 million people, which is less than 5% of the province, but they report 10% of all domestic violence cases" (par. 30-32).
Feb. 11, 2025, 9:54 p.m.
Countries: Iraq
Variables: DV-DATA-1

"Domestic violence remains a serious problem in Iraq. A 2012 Ministry of Planning study found that at least 36 percent of married women reported experiencing some form of psychological abuse from their husbands, 23 percent to verbal abuse, 6 percent to physical violence, and 9 percent to sexual violence" (5).
Feb. 6, 2025, 7:27 p.m.
Countries: Morocco
Variables: DV-PRACTICE-2, DV-DATA-1

"Domestic violence has increased since 2009, and there is insufficient due diligence given to ensuring the privacy of victims and providing an adequate number of shelters" (7).
Feb. 6, 2025, 7:05 p.m.
Countries: Morocco
Variables: DV-DATA-1

"The research covered 13,543 women between the ages of 18 and 64 in different regions. The Ministry announced the preliminary results of this research in 2019, which showed that the prevalence of violence against women was 54.4 per cent in 2018 compared to 62.8 per cent in 2009. The distribution by area shows that women in urban areas were more vulnerable to violence, with a percentage of 55.8 compared to 51.6 per cent among women in rural areas. The results of the research also showed that psychological violence was the most prevalent. About half of women reported experiencing that form of violence, or 49.1 per cent, followed by economic violence...more
Feb. 5, 2025, 4:44 p.m.
Countries: Morocco
Variables: DV-DATA-1

"Human Rights Watch documented Moroccan women and girls’ experience with domestic violence in September 2015, in an investigation that included interviews with over 20 women and girls as well as 25 lawyers, activists, and representatives of organizations providing shelter and services to survivors of domestic violence. The women and girls described being raped, punched, kicked, burned, stabbed, or otherwise abused by their husbands or other family members. Of the 20 survivors Human Rights Watch interviewed, only one said that her abuser had been arrested. She had a medical report indicating she was incapacitated for 21 days after her husband punched her and broke her nose while she was pregnant" (1)....more
Feb. 3, 2025, 5:31 p.m.
Countries: Hungary
Variables: DV-DATA-1

"During the Covid-19 pandemic, rates of domestic violence are reported to have increased even more" (4).
Feb. 3, 2025, 1:49 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: DV-DATA-1

"Official statistics in Iran indicate that an average of over 74,000 women annually visit forensic medical centers for examinations related to spousal abuse. In other words, one in every 300 married women in Iran seeks assistance from forensic services to report domestic violence. However, not all cases are reported. Estimates suggest that the actual instances of domestic violence against women in Iran are approximately 100 times higher than this figure" (Para 1). "The latest statistics from the World Bank’s gender data section reveal that nearly one-third of women in Iran experience violence from their intimate partners. This rate is the third highest in the region after Afghanistan and Turkey" (Para...more
Feb. 3, 2025, 1 p.m.
Countries: United Kingdom
Variables: LRW-DATA-1, MARR-PRACTICE-1, DV-DATA-1

"The Met recorded 1,213 cases: 514 of violence; two attempted murders; 32 rapes; 310 of forced marriage and 49 of female genital mutilation. Greater Manchester police's tally of 729 cases included 42 of rape, 65 assaults causing actual bodily harm, 56 forced marriage offences, 104 of assault and battery and 153 of controlling or coercive behaviour in an intimate or family relationship. West Midlands recorded 729 cases: 115 of coercive behaviour in an intimate relationship; 27 of rape; 19 forced marriages and 90 threats to kill" (Para 10, 11, 12).
Feb. 3, 2025, 12:47 p.m.
Countries: Kenya
Variables: DV-DATA-1

"Olympic marathon runner Rebecca Cheptegei is the third female runner to have been killed in an alleged act of domestic violence at the same elite training camp in three years" (Para 1). "Cheptegei, 33, suffered horrendous burns to 80 per cent of her body in a brutal attack that was reportedly carried out by her ex-boyfriend Dickson Ndiema" (Para 2). "[A]gnes Tirop, a 25-year-old world record holder and two-time 10,000m bronze medalist, grew up in poverty as one of 10 children. She began running to overcome hardship and, in secondary school, met Ibrahim Rotich, 15 years her senior, who became her coach and later her husband. Rotich was controlling, isolating...more
Jan. 30, 2025, 7:52 p.m.
Countries: Honduras
Variables: DV-DATA-1

"However, the Committee is concerned about the further increase in the already high prevalence of gender-based violence against women, including domestic violence, as well as the increasing feminization of poverty during the pandemic, which have disproportionately affected women and girls belonging to disadvantaged and marginalized groups, who already faced multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination prior to the pandemic and whose condition further deteriorated during the pandemic" (2-3)."[A]t least 278 femicides in the State party were reported in 2020 and 318 in 2021, committed mostly by intimate partners or former intimate partners" (7).
Jan. 30, 2025, 4:08 p.m.
Countries: Mauritania
Variables: LRCM-DATA-2, DV-DATA-1

"In May 2019, Human Rights Watch interviewed 'Rouhiya,' a young woman who was repeatedly sexually abused by her father and was pregnant in 2018 as a result of rape by him. The lack of shelters in Nouakchott and lack of government support left Rouhiya with no alternative to living in her abusive home, taking care of her newborn, with a father who continues to be physically violent" (2).
Jan. 29, 2025, 8:02 p.m.
Countries: Argentina
Variables: DV-DATA-1

"Although globally there are more homicides of men than women, the home is the most dangerous place for women and girls, she said. Sixty per cent of women are killed by their partners or family members, compared with 12% of men" (para 8).
Jan. 29, 2025, 3:43 p.m.
Countries: India
Variables: DV-DATA-1

"After a few days, though, her in-laws began demanding about $10,000 so her husband could resettle in Canada. When she failed to secure the money, they starved and beat her, according to a police complaint that did not result in any charges" (para 3). "Other dangers can also lurk. Some women complain 'of being sexually exploited by other members of their husband’s family, because they have nowhere else to go,' said Rakesh Kumar Garg, the retired judge who until recently headed the state commission on the issue" (para 17).
Jan. 28, 2025, 8:03 p.m.
Countries: Denmark
Variables: DV-DATA-1

"Migrant women are amongst the most vulnerable to violence from their partners and they are amongst the most marginalised and hard to reach in Denmark. They are more likely to experience emotional, physical, economic, sexual and psychological violence from both Danish partners and partners with other ethnic backgrounds" (4).
Jan. 28, 2025, 7:59 p.m.
Countries: Costa Rica
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1, DV-PRACTICE-2, DV-DATA-1

"The local committees for the provision of immediate care and follow-up in high-risk cases involving violence against women, a strategy set out in the national policy for addressing and preventing violence against women, have proved to be effective in ensuring the immediate protection of women at risk of femicide and carrying out subsequent monitoring and follow-up of such cases. In 2019, three new committees were established in the cantons of Garabito, Los Chiles and San Carlos, in the north of the country. There are currently 19 committees operating throughout the country. According to the domestic violence courts, the committees provided assistance to 377 women in 2019" (5).more
Jan. 28, 2025, 11:20 a.m.
Countries: Indonesia
Variables: DV-DATA-1

"Just days after the Yogyakarta incident, a separate acid attack in West Java left a 46-year-old woman and two of her children hospitalised. Police alleged the woman's husband poured the chemical on her when emotions peaked" during an argument. Authorities said the husband accused his wife of having an affair and acted out of jealousy. The attack also injured their 12-year-old and 18-year-old children as they tried to shield their mother, authorities alleged. The man was arrested and charged with offences under Indonesian domestic violence law" (Para 19-23).
Jan. 28, 2025, 11:20 a.m.
Countries: Indonesia
Variables: DV-DATA-1

"Just days after the Yogyakarta incident, a separate acid attack in West Java left a 46-year-old woman and two of her children hospitalised. Police alleged the woman's husband poured the chemical on her when emotions peaked" during an argument. Authorities said the husband accused his wife of having an affair and acted out of jealousy. The attack also injured their 12-year-old and 18-year-old children as they tried to shield their mother, authorities alleged. The man was arrested and charged with offences under Indonesian domestic violence law" (Para 19-23).
Jan. 28, 2025, 11:20 a.m.
Countries: Indonesia
Variables: DV-DATA-1

"Just days after the Yogyakarta incident, a separate acid attack in West Java left a 46-year-old woman and two of her children hospitalised. Police alleged the woman's husband poured the chemical on her when emotions peaked" during an argument. Authorities said the husband accused his wife of having an affair and acted out of jealousy. The attack also injured their 12-year-old and 18-year-old children as they tried to shield their mother, authorities alleged. The man was arrested and charged with offences under Indonesian domestic violence law" (Para 19-23).
Jan. 28, 2025, 11:20 a.m.
Countries: Indonesia
Variables: DV-DATA-1

"Just days after the Yogyakarta incident, a separate acid attack in West Java left a 46-year-old woman and two of her children hospitalised. Police alleged the woman's husband poured the chemical on her when emotions peaked" during an argument. Authorities said the husband accused his wife of having an affair and acted out of jealousy. The attack also injured their 12-year-old and 18-year-old children as they tried to shield their mother, authorities alleged. The man was arrested and charged with offences under Indonesian domestic violence law" (Para 19-23).
Jan. 28, 2025, 11:20 a.m.
Countries: Indonesia
Variables: DV-DATA-1

"Just days after the Yogyakarta incident, a separate acid attack in West Java left a 46-year-old woman and two of her children hospitalised. Police alleged the woman's husband poured the chemical on her when emotions peaked" during an argument. Authorities said the husband accused his wife of having an affair and acted out of jealousy. The attack also injured their 12-year-old and 18-year-old children as they tried to shield their mother, authorities alleged. The man was arrested and charged with offences under Indonesian domestic violence law" (Para 19-23).
Jan. 28, 2025, 11:20 a.m.
Countries: Indonesia
Variables: DV-DATA-1

"Just days after the Yogyakarta incident, a separate acid attack in West Java left a 46-year-old woman and two of her children hospitalised. Police alleged the woman's husband poured the chemical on her when emotions peaked" during an argument. Authorities said the husband accused his wife of having an affair and acted out of jealousy. The attack also injured their 12-year-old and 18-year-old children as they tried to shield their mother, authorities alleged. The man was arrested and charged with offences under Indonesian domestic violence law" (Para 19-23).
Jan. 28, 2025, 11:20 a.m.
Countries: Indonesia
Variables: DV-DATA-1

"Just days after the Yogyakarta incident, a separate acid attack in West Java left a 46-year-old woman and two of her children hospitalised. Police alleged the woman's husband poured the chemical on her when emotions peaked" during an argument. Authorities said the husband accused his wife of having an affair and acted out of jealousy. The attack also injured their 12-year-old and 18-year-old children as they tried to shield their mother, authorities alleged. The man was arrested and charged with offences under Indonesian domestic violence law" (Para 19-23).
Jan. 28, 2025, 11:20 a.m.
Countries: Indonesia
Variables: DV-DATA-1

"Just days after the Yogyakarta incident, a separate acid attack in West Java left a 46-year-old woman and two of her children hospitalised. Police alleged the woman's husband poured the chemical on her when emotions peaked" during an argument. Authorities said the husband accused his wife of having an affair and acted out of jealousy. The attack also injured their 12-year-old and 18-year-old children as they tried to shield their mother, authorities alleged. The man was arrested and charged with offences under Indonesian domestic violence law" (Para 19-23).
Jan. 25, 2025, 12:56 p.m.
Countries: Cote D'Ivoire
Variables: DV-DATA-1

"In Ivory Coast, a survey by the nonprofit Citizens for the Promotion and Defence of the Rights of Children, Women and Minorities (CPDEFM), found that more than 416 femicides took place across six of Abidjan’s 13 communes between 2019 and 2020. Several horrific cases made the headlines this year: a 19-year-old stabbed to death, allegedly by her partner after he accused her of stealing; a soldier who shot his wife and then killed himself in April" (para 13).
Jan. 24, 2025, 8:43 p.m.
Countries: Somalia
Variables: DV-PRACTICE-2, DV-DATA-1

"Huseina said many people, especially men, either supported or accepted domestic violence and other forms of abuse against women as part of everyday life" (para 17).
Jan. 24, 2025, 7:43 p.m.
Countries: Chile
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1, DV-DATA-1

"Moreover, according to the APG23 experience, there are many cases of mothers separated due to intra-family violence who have been left alone with their children and had to survive with scarce resources, since it is difficult to find a job that can be complementary with childcare" (3).
Jan. 18, 2025, 3:34 p.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: DV-DATA-1

"[Elisabeth Armitage, the Northern Territory coroner's] report found that 87 women have been killed by their domestic partners since 2000 in the Northern Territory and at least 82 of those women were Aboriginal" (6). "It was revealed that the murder rate had escalated (indeed, in April the Australian Institute of Criminology released the latest findings from the national homicide monitoring program which found that the intimate partner homicide rate had increased by 28% in a single year)" (10).
Jan. 18, 2025, 3:28 p.m.
Countries: France
Variables: DV-PRACTICE-1, DV-DATA-1

"There are about 700,000 cases of domestic abuse each year, only 27% ­ending in ­conviction" (24).
Jan. 18, 2025, 3:06 p.m.
Countries: Lebanon
Variables: DV-DATA-1

"During this time [Covid-19 Lockdown], the Lebanese Internal Security Forces saw a 241 percent increase in the number of reported cases of domestic violence. Other reports found that 85 percent of the VAW during the pandemic occurred in the home, and that a significant number of Lebanese women felt unsafe in their homes" (para 9).
Jan. 16, 2025, 9:45 p.m.
Countries: Peru
Variables: DV-DATA-1

"Around 7 out of 10 Peruvian women, between 15 and 49 years old, suffer some type of violence by their partner or ex-partner" (9).