Domestic Violence Shelter in California Helps...

An Islamic community in California is promoting awareness of domestic violence during Ramadan. VOA’s Genia Dulot reports on a domestic violence shelter in San Diego that caters to Muslim immigrants.

Warrant of Arrest for Lesedi FM...

The brutal attack on Lesedi FM presenter, Dimakatso Ratselane, allegedly by her husband, has spurred the Commission for Gender Equality (CGE) to reiterate its call for South Africans to take a definitive stand against gender-based violence and femicide (GBVF)

COVID-19: Domestic Violence Rises Sharply...

Reports of domestic violence in at least fourteen American cities have risen sharply since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, a new study confirms

DC Chefs Stand Against Domestic Violence

October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month in the US, and numerous events are organized throughout the country to attract attention to the seriousness and scale of the issue

Iranian TV program Formula One broadcast the interview last week with a self-described abusive husband alongside his wife and two of their young daughters. In it, the man said that despite two decades of beatings and 27 attempts by his wife to divorce him, the family has managed to stay together

Marital Rape is a Crime

Activists want India’s rape law which provides an exemption for sexual intercourse by a man with his wife if she is more than 15 years old to be declared unconstitutional as it discriminates against married women and girls

Domestic Violence Helpline

some useful and important domestic violence helpline numbers