Almost every time the media reports yet another case of intimate partner or domestic violence, the usual question emerges: does violence have a gender? Although in the majority of cases the news is about women who were abused, or in worse cases, murdered by men, there are still some who claim that…

Oh, come on ladies, come on children, what’s so hard in a little quarantine? You just have to stay inside. You can keep that up for one or two YEARS.   Only the most vicious homebodies say that the measures taken in spring following the appearance of the corona virus were not exaggerated or…

24.hu 01. 13. 11:09 In 2020, 65% more domestic violence crimes were registered in Hungary than in 2019: 650 cases, as opposed to 392 a year before. The number of registered sexual abuse cases has also grown by 36%, from 240 in 2019 to 327 in 2020. 56 cases of sexual coercion were registered in…

What can political decision makers do to eliminate violence against women? How did the government conclude the Year of Victim Assistance? During Mérce’s roundtable discussion on Wednesday organized within the 16 Days of Activism Kata Ámon, Fanni Dés and Barbara Tonté provided possible solutions…

The police, the court system, health care and even the education system may betray those abused women who, when seeking help, turn to institutions that were meant to offer protection - this was the main subject of the discussion on Monday night, broadcasted on Facebook , organized by Patent…

  In our previous post we summarized the stories of two victims of domestic violence, Barbara Seres and Bernadett Orosz, who participated in Nőkért Women's Association's roundtable discussion on August 26th…

The name of Bernadett Orosz and her story are familiar to many. On Wednesday, August 26th she would have stood in court with the charge of defamation, because after being brutally beaten, she had not kept it secret but was brave enough to share it. The trial was delayed at the request of the…

The perpetrator did not live under the same roof with his daughter, but they stayed in touch. However, the man was under the delusion that by having a relationship the girl was leading an “immoral life”. Earlier he had worked in a bath and from there he obtained an acid solution with high acidity.…

The Istanbul Convention entered into force in 2014. Until 2019 45 countries had signed it, and 35 of these had also ratified it – meaning that these countries had implemented its regulations into their legislation. Countries that have signed but not ratified the convention include Bulgaria, the…