Abused women
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addressed the international community's response to the recent YPG/PKK terror attacks that killed three civilians, including a child and a teacher, in southeastern Turkiye. Erdogan stated that if the terrorist organization had committed such atrocities in another country, it would have dominated
Abused women
Estimates of the scale of violence against women in the European Union are alarming, with various forms of violence having a major impact on victims and imposing a significant cost burden on society. Despite efforts to combat the issue, the EU lacks a binding instrument specifically designed to protect women
Abused women
Research has highlighted the importance of integrating women's and children's rights courses into undergraduate nursing curricula to shape attitudes toward gender roles, violence against women, and reporting child abuse. A study conducted in Turkey aimed to evaluate the effects of a 'women's-children'
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French women's rights group NousToutes has exposed a widespread issue of police officers treating sexual abuse victims with disrespect, victim-blaming, and mishandling their complaints. The hashtag #DoublePeine launched by Anna Toumazoff, counted at least 30,000 accounts of mistreatment in tweets and other messages sent on social media
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A police officer involved in the search for Sarah Everard will keep his job despite allegedly sharing a highly offensive meme on social media. The probationary constable, who is one of five officers from four different forces facing disciplinary action, is expected to face a misconduct meeting for breaching professional
Murder
In the aftermath of Sarah Everard's brutal murder at the hands of a police officer, Scottish feminist and QC Helena Kennedy has brought attention to the "epidemic" of violent acts against women through a protest at Scotland Yard, parading life-sized cardboard cut-outs of women killed by
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In a system where it takes over eight months for the Crown Prosecution Service to process a straightforward case of indecent exposure, writer shares a personal experience of waiting for justice, only to be met with communication going cold. This account raises concerns about the treatment of "minor cases&
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Ruth Davison, chief executive of Refuge, a charity that supports survivors of domestic abuse, called for action to prevent violence against women and girls, highlighting the need for specific changes to the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill. Amidst the backdrop of Sarah Everard's murder by serving Metropolitan
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Labour MP Yvette Cooper has called for an independent investigation into the vetting process used by the Metropolitan Police when recruiting officers, following the murder of Sarah Everard by a serving police officer. Cooper believes a proper, independent inquiry is necessary to uncover the scale of failings in vetting and
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Boris Johnson has spoken out on the failures of police to take violence against women and girls seriously enough, following the high-profile murder of Sarah Everard by a serving police officer. The Prime Minister has held talks with the Metropolitan Police commissioner, Dame Cressida Dick, on how to boost prosecutions
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The Metropolitan Police Commissioner, Cressida Dick, is under pressure to resign following the sentencing of former police officer Wayne Couzens, who kidnapped, raped, and murdered Sarah Everard in March. Despite admitting that her leadership has presided over "the worst moment in the 192-year history of the Metropolitan Police,"
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Violence and harassment against women in Scotland remain a persistent and deeply ingrained problem, with anti-sexist organisation Engender urging that tackling abuse of women needs to begin at the grassroots level. After the sentencing of Sarah Everard's killer, Wayne Couzens, to life in prison, Rape Crisis Scotland warned
