Domestic violence

Domestic violence

• Italy tries to reduce violence against women

  Violence against women in Italy has been thrust into the spotlight with a raft of headline-grabbing murders of women by their lovers — a trend the U.N 

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  Afghan students protest women's rights decree

  Hard-line Islamist students protested in the Afghan capital demanding the repeal of a presidential decree for women's rights that they say is ... 

• Group: More Afghan women jailed for 'moral crimes'

  The number of Afghan women and girls jailed for "moral crimes" has risen dramatically in the past 18 months, raising concerns that gains in women's ... 

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  Afghan lawmakers block law on women's rights

  Conservative religious lawmakers in Afghanistan blocked legislation on Saturday aimed at strengthening provisions for women's freedoms, arguing that ... 

• Prosecutor paints Jodi Arias as manipulative liar

  The prosecutor in Jodi Arias' murder trial worked Tuesday to portray the defendant as a manipulative liar as he questioned a defense witness' ... 

• 3 women a day killed by a partner in South Africa

  Reeva Steenkamp, the model and law graduate shot and killed by Oscar Pistorius, was statistically just one of three women killed on Valentine's Day ... 

• Women's security raised by American Indian leader

  The president of the National Congress of American Indians urged the House on Thursday to pass the Violence Against Women Act so Native Americans and ... 

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  Senate tries again to move anti-violence bill

  Senate Democrats, bolstered by Republican support, on Monday launched a new attempt to broaden a law protecting women from domestic abuse by expanding ... 

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  Outrage grows in India over gang-rape on bus

  The hours-long gang-rape and near-fatal beating of a 23-year-old student on a bus in New Delhi triggered outrage and anger across the country ...