The chair of the European Parliament's Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM) described violence against women as a “particularly worrying topical issue” at a hearing on Monday 18 November. A week before the International Day for the Elimination of Violence, Evelyn Regner (S&D, Germany) reported an “alarming” situation.
Around the world, “one in three girls has suffered physical or sexual violence in her life, one in two women are murdered by a partner or family...