|
MP urges society to respect Domestic Violence Law
AngolaPress
Bocoio – The need of every national citizen giving contribution to the Law on
Domestic Violence and rights of women to be respected, was defended this Friday
in Bocoio district, by a Member of Parliament of MPLA from Benguela province,
Anabela Jordão. ...
Explanation
on law against domestic violence starts Monday
AngolaPress
Luanda - The minister of Family and Women Promotion, Genoveva Lino, on Sunday
here announced the start of the campaign of presenting and explaining the law
against domestic violence, countrywide. Speaking to ANGOP, to mark the African
Women's Day, ...
Nigeria: Domestic Violence - Matters Arising
AllAfrica.com
Domestic violence is a matter that has been on the front burner in public
discourse. A thin line separates it from domestic murder which can be
pre-meditated or simply accidental. By definition domestic violence and
emotional abuse are behaviours used ...
A bumpy start for a new court
Globe and
Mail
It was heralded as an innovative first for the Canadian justice system – a pilot
project in Ontario merging family court and criminal domestic violence cases
with a one-judge, one-courtroom approach. But at its highly anticipated launch
on June 10,
Women's Council defends draft law to criminalize domestic violence
The Daily
Star
BEIRUT: The Lebanese Women's Council defended a draft law to protect women from
domestic violence Tuesday, following the law's rejection by the country's
highest Sunni body Dar al-Fatwa and the Higher Shiite Council. In June, Dar
al-Fatwa released a
Bride's Death in China Spurs Anti-Violence Bill
Women's
eNews
By Jia You The death of a young Chinese bride in 2009 under the fists of her
husband shocked the public about the lack of protection for victims of domestic
violence. Now, lawmakers have a national anti-domestic violence bill to
consider. ..
Domestic violence claims lives of 22 women in three months in Nepal
Monsters
and Critics.com
Kathmandu - Twenty-two women have been killed in the last three months in Nepal
as a result of domestic violence, local media reported Thursday. A report made
public by the Women's Rehabilition Centre (WOREC) said 22 women had been killed
in different ...
Law
on domestic violence inhibits offences within family - Minister
AngolaPress
Malanje - Angolan minister of Family and Women Promotion, Genoveva Lino, said
Wednesday that the law on domestic violence approved recently plays a leading
role in controlling crimes within Angolan families. The minister said so while
speaking at the ...
Lawyer
named in domestic violence case in Vastrapur
Times of
India
AHMEDABAD: A complaint of domestic violence was filed against a city-based
lawyer by his second wife. According to Vastrapur police officials, Neelam Vakil,
27, got married to Rashmi Vakil, 41, last month. Vakil was Neelam's lawyer when
she was seeking ...
Domestic violence cases: Centre wants training for magistrates
The Hindu
The Centre has mooted the idea of imparting training to first class Judicial
Magistrates and Metropolitan Magistrates to deal with the cases filed under the
Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005. Replying to a question in
the Rajya Sabha ...
Angola: Campaign to Divulge Law On Domestic Violence Kicks Off
AllAfrica.com
Malanje — National campaign for the divulging of the law on domestic violence
was opened Wednesday in Malanje Province, in an act presided over by the acting
governor, António Dias da Silva. At the opening ceremony, the acting governor
stressed the ...
Domestic violence or 'honour' killing?
Toronto
Star
“This could have as easily been a case of domestic violence.” It's all about
power and control, said Farrah Khan, a counsellor at the Barbra Schlifer
Commemorative Clinic in Toronto. “There was a clear pattern of domestic
violence: controlling ...
Domestic Violence Can Only Be Tackled Effectively By Building A More Spiritual
...
South
Asian Link
Domestic violence occurs in all parts of the world, in all countries, in all
cultures, in all socio-economic groups, and in all religious and non-religious
groups. We need to examine why domestic violence occurs and what are the
possible remedies to ...
Mum of domestic violence victim Nicola Sutton backs campaign
This Is
Cheshire
It wants records of those with domestic violence convictions to be made
publically available. “Anything that can prevent other parents from going
through what we had to is a good thing,” said the Orford resident. Mrs Sutton,
of Neville Avenue,
Coventry charity boss fears more domestic abuse victims will die
Coventry
Telegraph
THE boss of a Coventry charity says she fears more victims of domestic violence
will die because of cutbacks to West Midlands Police. A report called
Unravelling Equality researched by University of Warwick detailed a reduction in
specialist help from ..
Domestic
violence offenders in Wiltshire in homes ban
BBC News
Nearly 30 orders banning perpetrators of domestic violence from their homes in
Wiltshire have been granted by magistrates in the past month. Wiltshire Police
began a 12-month Home Office pilot of Domestic Violence Protection Orders (DVPO)
on 30 June. ...
Derry tops domestic violence tables
Derry
Today
Derry has topped the poll for incidents of domestic violence recorded across the
North with more than 2000 incidents being reported in the last year. Of 2282
reports of incidents, 866 offences were recorded. According to local charity
Foyle Women's Aid ...
'Denying
wife access to marital home is domestic violence'
Times of
India
MUMBAI: Depriving one's wife of financial support and access to the matrimonial
home constitutes domestic violence, the Bombay high court has ruled in an
important order. Dismissing a petition filed by Buldhana resident Salim Khan,
Justice AP Bhangale ...
Qassem: Muslim authorities must recognize domestic violence
The Daily
Star
BEIRUT: Muslim authorities should recognize domestic violence and religious
courts should act quickly regarding any case, Hezbollah's deputy
secretary-general Sheikh Naim Qassem said Monday, adding that a draft law
protecting women against domestic ...
Domestic
violence resource centre gets temporary reprieve
ABC
Online
A Newcastle domestic violence resource centre has been thrown a lifeline with
the New South Wales Government handing over funding to keep it open until the
end of the year. Local women and children's refuge, Jenny's Place, runs the
Newcastle Domestic ...
Child protection laws passed
Stuff.co.nz
Justice Minister Simon Power said that in the 2009/10 year there were 3867
domestic violence cases in the Family Court, which each involved at least one
child. ''Children are our most vulnerable members of society and deserve special
protection,'' he ...
Wales tackles domestic violence head on with pilot support scheme
The
Guardian (blog)
Radical pilot scheme tackles domestic violence through 'positive deviants' –
those successfully facing the same challenges by acting differently. Photograph:
Linda Nylind for the Guardian Domestic abuse is endemic in the UK. ...
Blowing the whistle on domestic violence
The
Ashburton Guardian
By Erin Bishop August 11, 2011 Domestic violence campaigners hope whistle
blowing isn't confined only to the playing fields during next month's Rugby
World Cup 2011 (RWC). On September 9, the day of the first game of the
tournament, a family violence ...
Domestic violence leaves 30-year-old in serious condition
Jerusalem
Post
By JPOST.COM STAFF A 30-year-old Rehovot woman was in serious condition early
Sunday morning after her partner slammed her head into a railing in their
apartment building's stairwell. The attack reportedly took place after the woman
escaped the ...
A case for support
Trinidad
News
By CAROL MATROO Sunday, August 14 2011 The fight against domestic violence and
abuse is a global struggle and in recent months, incidents of domestic violence,
several ending in deaths, have been escalating in Trinidad and Tobago. ...
Domestic Violence Victims Helped by Ohio Volunteer
Honduras Weekly
By Alanna Klapp "The percentage of domestic violence in Honduras is very high,”
said Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio resident Amanda Ruiviejo. “Some studies say that 50
percent of the women in Honduras experience domestic violence.” Ruiviejo is from
Torello, ...
'Redressal even if harassment happened before Act'
Indian Express
In A significant judgment last week, the Bombay High Court ruled that women who
were subjected to domestic violence prior to the enforcement of the Domestic
Violence (DV) Act, 2005, can also seek redressal under the Act if the
ill-treatment continued ...
Hundreds march in Dunedin 'Slutwalk'
Otago Daily Times
Many of the marchers carried placards protesting against rape and domestic
violence. Dunedin South MP Clare Curran told a 400-strong crowd in the Octagon
she was a victim of sexual abuse. "I was 23 and walking home from work when I
got assaulted. ...
Decline of ethics causes delinquency, worries authorities
AngolaPress
However, Fátima Viegas welcomed the Law on Domestic Violence approved in June
this year by the Parliament, in view of the rising wave of intolerance in
Angolan homes. "We all feel proud and victorious with the attainment of peace
and there is no point ...
Punjabi radio host rejects charges he fanned flames of domestic violence
Globe and Mail
The host of a popular Punjabi-language radio show is dismissing charges he
exacerbated the problem of domestic violence with an inflammatory discussion of
the issue one day after the savage slaying of Ravinder Bhangu, allegedly by her
husband. ...
Domestic violence: 13 killed over family disputes
The Express Tribune
At least 13 people, among them women and children, were killed in two separate
incidents of firing in Peshawar on Tuesday. An Afghan refugee, Abdul Ghafar,
killed eight people, including his own wife and in-laws, over a family dispute
in the Ghari area ...
Sarah Sfeir / Saying no to
domestic violence
Al-Arabiya
Domestic violence can happen to anyone, regardless of gender, size or strength
but the problem is often ignored or denied. The first step towards halting
domestic violence and abuse is recognizing the warning signs. No one should be
scared of the ...
DA calls for Mthethwa to explain
domestic violence stats
Times LIVE
The DA wants Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa summoned to appear before
Parliament's portfolio committee on women, youth, children and people with
disabilities to explain why his department does not keep figures on domestic
violence crimes. ...
Tanzania: Girl's Rape Highlights
Increasing Violence, Abuse Against Children
AllAfrica.com
The report also examined attitudes to domestic violence, whereby nearly 60 per
cent of girls and 52 per cent of boys believed it is acceptable for a husband to
beat his wife under certain circumstances, including a refusal to have sex,
burning the food ...
40 per cent Indian women face
domestic violence
IBNLive.com
The Domestic Violence
Act of 2005 provides for protection officers in every state. Women and Child
Development Minister Krishna Tirath said, "Protection Officers have been
appointed in every state. More than 6000 officers in all states and some at ...
Former AFL footballer Fabian
Francis found guilty of domestic violence
Perth Now
Yesterday their decade of domestic violence came to a head when a District Court
jury found the former Port Adelaide footballer guilty of eight abuse-related
crimes between 1998 and 2008. The jury returned just after 5.30pm and almost 20
hours of ...
Casting call: Women needed for
public awareness video on domestic violence
The North Bay
Nugget
The Nipissing
Transition House women's shelter is issuing a casting call for 100 women to
appear in later scenes in the 60- to 90-second domestic abuse awareness video
that will roll out across the Northeast. "Hopefully it will be quite powerful,"
said ...
19 years late, 'domestic
violence' case quashed
Times of
India
MUMBAI: A Ghatkopar resident's attempts to file a domestic violence and dowry
harassment case, 19 years after the alleged incidents of cruelty, against a man
whom she claimed to have married, has been thrown out by the Bombay High Court.
...
ICD and
police report back on Domestic Violence Act
Primedia Broadcasting -
Eyewitness News
The police and the Independent Complaints Directorate are due to appear before
Parliament on Tuesday to report back on the implementation of the Domestic
Violence Act. It was revealed that there are no reliable domestic violence
statistics. ...
Domestic
violence: Lucy's harrowing story
Malta Independent Online
Lucy remembers the adverts she's seen on television on domestic violence. Renee
Laiviera (Key Expert – Dignity for Domestic Violence Survivors, Commission on
Domestic Violence Survivors,
www.domesticviolence.gov.mt)
explains that there is a project of ...
Turkey opens
its eyes to domestic violence
The
Guardian
Yet on the other hand, there is a darker side to the story that only now is
being openly discussed, openly contested: domestic violence. Ceylan Sosyal was
19 and a mother of a baby girl. In Turkish, her name means gazelle. She was
hunted down by her ...
Funds
directed to domestic violence
BCLocalNews
By Simone Blais - Penticton Western News Affordable counselling and effective
role models for men are just two things being considered for a South Okanagan
intervention program aimed at curbing domestic violence that has received
provincial funding. ... |
