“Crass, systematical intimate partner violence was constructed in front of our eyes: from punishment by silence through a destruction of a woman’s personality and self-esteem to verbal abuse and threats”, wrote media researcher and opinion journalist Vera Mérő in a Facebook post on the 10th season…

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 case of Bernadett Orosz has received wide publicity in Hungary. The young woman from Miskolc, mother of six children, was abused by her ex-boyfriend, a military officer, who had beaten her face with his fist and tried to strangle her. He admitted the assault, though he claimed to tabloid paper…

The 28-year-old man who kept his girlfriend, a university student captive in a hovel and physically abused her several times was released on parole, says a press release of the Somogy County Prosecutor’s Office. The man, nicknamed the Cruel Hermit, had lived with his girlfriend in an underground…