The invisible pandemic: domestic violence within EU borders

Executive Summary

Domestic violence has historically and universally been a pandemic hiding in plain sight, with most governments doing little or nothing to address violent abuse that happens behind closed doors. However, despite deeply rooted doctrines about the privacy of families and homes, domestic violence has been a well-known fact for decades that affects people in virtually every country.

Author(s)

Maria Luísa Moreira
"conflict-related sexual violence has gained hypervisibility over the years, scoring five Women, Peace and Security resolutions solely focused on the protection of women and girls in conflict-ridden regions. However, other crimes of gender-based violence, often more frequently committed in all countries both in conflict and in peacetime, have otherwise been overlooked"- Maria Luísa Moreira

 

 


 

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