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UK femicide: quarter of murdered women reported earlier violence

Posted on Dec 18, 2020Dec 18, 2020 by Andjela Milivojevic

“If I’m not in on Friday, I might be dead,” were the words of Judith Nibbs, mother of five, who was killed in April 2014 in east London by her husband. These chilling words were also the subheading of the latest Femicide...Read More

Violence against women a “shadow pandemic”, UN warns

Posted on Dec 11, 2020Dec 14, 2020 by Andjela Milivojevic

Around 243 million women aged 15-49 have been subjected to sexual or physical violence by an intimate partner during the Covid-19 pandemic. UN Women shared these figures in a new report published as part of the “16 Days of Activism”...Read More

Diego Maradona’s doctor has home and clinic searched in manslaughter probe

Posted on Dec 1, 2020Dec 3, 2020 by Anna-Maria Pego Pineiro

Diego Maradona's personal doctor is under investigation on suspicion of possible manslaughter following the death of the sporting legend four days ago, The doctor, Leopold Luque, has not been charged and denies wrongdoing. In a recent TV interview he emotionally...Read More

‘Revenge porn’ forum leak calls for law reform in Ireland

Posted on Nov 30, 2020 by Robyn Hamilton

An online petition calling to make image-based abuse or “revenge porn” a criminal offence in Ireland, went viral last week when the news broke that an online forum was discovered containing thousands of explicit images and videos of Irish women uploaded...Read More

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