Nearly a quarter of all adolescent girls who have been in a relationship – close to 19 million – will have experienced intimate partner violence by the time they turn 20, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said in a new analysis on Monday.
Doctors on the Indonesian island of Central Sulawesi are putting into practice training they have received from the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) to identify and act upon cases of domestic violence.
One third of women in Tajikistan are subjected to violence by their husbands, but very few cases are reported. Social and legal support, provided through the joint EU/UN Spotlight Initiative, is helping affected women to protect their rights.
Failure to address domestic violence in South Africa is a violation of women’s rights, independent UN experts said in a report published on Monday, citing low levels of prosecution and conviction as factors.
Sixteen days of activism to end gender-based violence is underway across the world.
The United Nations has described the problem as a global pandemic.
In Kosovo, in eastern Europe, around 80 per cent of all victims of reported domestic abuse cases were women, while 90 per cent of perpetrators were men.
Shpend Berbatovci has more details.
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Poverty has fallen dramatically in Belarus, but some groups remain vulnerable, particularly single-parent households, families with more than three children and the elderly.
That’s according to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).
Around 14% of the Belarus population is 65 or over.
UNFPA says these older people are particularly susceptible to domestic violence.
The agency’s Elena Kaso explained to Ahniya Asanovich what steps are being taken to protect them.
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