Domestic violence in the United States

"All those who live in dysfunctional families in these times of self-isolation are at greater risk of violence because the additional stress, frustration and tension that the isolation brings can boost the dysfunctional patterns of behaviour among family members or abusive partners," Stoimenovska told BIRN.

"Thus a violent person can become even more violent".

There is a growing awareness of domestic violence in Bulgaria, but crime statistics still make for grim reading.

Money will be used to finance three priority targets to prevent domestic violence against both women and men.

The Ministry of Justice has allocated BGN 450,000 for programs to prevent domestic violence against both women and men in 2019. This was announced by Justice Minister Danail Kirilov.

The Turkish Education Ministry has determined schools where violence against teachers is believed to be a significant yet under-investigated problem.

The Greek Police (ELAS) has created a new department for dealing with domestic violence and providing specialist training to officers around the country on how to prevent and manage crimes within the family.

Staff at the new department will have specific guidelines on how to file and build domestic violence cases, on how to handle victims and also on raising public awareness.

An Ankara court has for the first time in Turkey ruled that a suspect of domestic violence be subject to almost all measures indicated in the law to stop him from inflicting violence on his ex-wife.

A court in the western province of İzmir has turned down a compensation demand from a victim of domestic violence, stating that the woman, who was under state protection at the time, had “failed” to call the police while being threatened by her ex-husband with a gun.

The Istanbul Bar Association has trained 4,000 lawyers to specialize in cases related to violence against women to help provide support for women who are victims of violence. 

"A total of 4,000 lawyers have become specialized in how to deal with women who were subjected to violence," Istanbul Bar Head Mehmet Durakoğlu told Anadolu Agency.

A total of 35 women were killed in September and 44 others were subjected to sexual violence, according to a report released by the Kadın Cinayetlerini Durduracağız Platformu, a women's rights activist organization that keeps track of violence against women.