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Protesters chant slogans against the government's decision to withdraw from Istanbul Convention
LGBTQ
Hundreds protest Turkey’s withdrawal from treaty to prevent violence against women
Women look out of a crowded bus traveling from the outskirts of Beijing.
Violence
Putting China’s domestic violence law into practice is an uphill battle
A close-up portrait of a young, light-skinned Black woman with curly hair wearing gold-hooped earrings
Women & Gender
‘EastEnders’ soap highlights increased domestic violence during lockdown
Women hold protest signs and also wear face masks and plastic shields as they protest.
Women & Gender
In Turkey, a conservative push to remove domestic violence protections is met with an uproar
Women wearing protective masks travel in a metro train during a partial lockdown imposed to prevent the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Moscow, Russia, on April 2, 2020.
COVID-19
How groups are helping domestic violence survivors during coronavirus lockdowns
Women hold a coffin prop during a demonstration to protest femicide and violence against women in Paris.
Women & Gender
The ‘forgotten victims’ of femicide in France: Women over 65
sisters
Women & Gender
Three sisters’ case highlights domestic violence problem in Russia   
A woman wearing a hat stands on a subway platform
Women & Gender
As ‘fed up’ women in Turkey leave marriages, domestic violence and divorce rates rise
domestic abuse discussion
Women & Gender
UK lawmakers push to include financial abuse in domestic violence law
Demonstrators shout slogans during a candlelight vigil in Delhi
India has a sexual assault problem that only women can fix
guns
Culture
How gun laws let domestic violence offenders slip through the cracks
Women wave "Yes" flags at a campaign office of the ruling AK Party
Conflict
Turkish women’s rights are at stake in Sunday’s elections
Irina Bedavi is an activist who works with migrant women escaping abusive and violent relationships in Germany. She is standing at a bus stop where she has met girls who left their abusive husbands. She asked that her identity be hidden for her own safet
Justice
Germany is taking a harder look at child marriage
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (C) poses with female delegates at the annual session of the National People's Congress (NPC) on International Women's Day in Beijing on March 8, 2015.
Justice
China detains female activists ahead of International Women’s Day
From left, BBC reporter Shaimaa Khalil, salon owner Murtasa Misbah and acid attack victim Bushra Shafi, who got medical attention for her burns thanks to Misbah and now works at her salon.
Justice
‘For less than a dollar, you can [buy] a liter of acid and basically destroy someone’s life’
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell speaks during a news conference ahead of the 2014 Super Bowl.
Sports
The real lesson of the NFL’s scandalous September is that sports fans have power
Oscar Pistorius enters the dock before court proceedings at the Pretoria Magistrates court in 2013.
Conflict & Justice
South Africans search for a moral in the tragic tale of Oscar Pistorius
Conflict & Justice
Pakistani women have new tools to fight disfiguring acid attacks
Conflict & Justice
Rape in India enhances awareness, leads to tough conversations in U.S.
Global Politics
Senate poised to renew Violence Against Women Act; House remains a hurdle
Pakistani children face high rates of incest, receive little support from family, state
Global Politics
Politics ensnares efforts to reauthorize Violence Against Women Act
Arts, Culture & Media
Oscar-winning film sheds light on vicious acid attacks against women
Global Politics
Budget battle leads Kansas town to repeal domestic violence law
Health & Medicine
The Army’s new approach to mental health
Acid attacks on the rise in Uganda
Conflict & Justice
In Pakistan, Women are the Target of Disfiguring Acid Attacks
Despite Sequester, Feds Award Grants to Prevent Domestic Abuse Homicides
Will the Violence Against Women Act Pass the Senate?
Conflict & Justice
Rape in India Triggers More Awareness in the US
House Allows Violence Against Women Act to Expire
Risk Assessment Model Helps Predict Domestic Violence Homicide
Conflict & Justice
Pakistan’s Hidden Victims of Child Incest
Once Bipartisan, Violence Against Women Act Now Faces Political Fight
Lifestyle & Belief
Rebuilding the Faces of Pakistan’s Acid Attack Victims
Topeka Kansas Repeals Domestic Violence Law
Conflict & Justice
Acid Attacks on the Rise in Uganda
Health & Medicine
The Army’s New Approach to Mental Health
Emerging Science Note/Sibling Rivalry
Business, Economics and Jobs
Closing shelters in Istanbul
Arts, Culture & Media
Domestic abuse law in India