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He justified his violent actions using his twisted understanding of the Bible when Jesus said, he quoted, “The kingdom of God suffered violence and the violent shall take it by force” (Mathew 11:12)...

Domestic violence increases in wartime... "More than 7,000 women [in Israel} were treated in shelters and by authorities in the last year... Only one percent of the total of 200,00 violent men arrive for treatment in the domestic violence prevention centers" - Iris Kagan.

The #WhyIStayed and #WhyILeft hashtags are even more important now than ever, because it gives a voice — and a very loud one — to women who have managed to remain silent for so long.

March 2014: Amir Murtaza reports on the findings if a survey conducted by Aware Girls and Young Feminists Movement in collaboration with Mamacash....

Dec 2013: The White Ribbon Campaign organised awareness-raising events at HMP Pentonville, Holloway. Inmates made handprints centred on the theme These Hands Are Not For Hurting...

Dec 2013: By Peter Hilton - "It is clear from the statistics and the different policies across the globe that small arms are a massive contributing factor to instances of domestic violence...."

I am a Town Councillor for Lewes, in East Sussex, and I'm the Council's Anti-Domestic Abuse Champion. I think a lot of people, when they find out that I am male, are surprised that I hold this role...

I didn’t understand the behaviour I was experiencing was abuse, the looks and smashing holes in the doors, threatening the children and the ultimate threat of suicide if I left...

Nov 2013: By Karen R. Lambie, Ph.D - "A sad fact is that the greatest risk of gun violence to women is not on the streets or in war zones, but in their own homes..."

"Be That Guy" is a campaign by the human rights organisation Breakthrough. It encourages men to speak up when they see violence against women in any form...

Oct 2013: The funding for a state-of-the-art women’s refuge in Kildare has finally been agreed by the HSE. However, it falls short by €120k and as a result will only cover running costs to open two of the four apartments in the newly-built complex.

A police chief in suggested some domestic abusers should go on counselling or relationship guidance courses rather than being sent to court. Women's rights campaigners are concerned.

April 2013: By Soraya Chemaly - "Is it too much to hope for that Facebook's famously pro-woman chief operating officer might do something about Facebook's misogyny problem before she is simply forced to act because it's hurting the company's bottom line?"

April 2013: Calling on Muslims across Scotland to stand up against domestic abuse. This campaign uses religious verse and Imams to spread the message that violence against women is wrong...

By Louise Hogan: "When women are beaten or sexually assaulted or raped in Ireland, they not only have to deal with the traumatic legacy of the event, but with the apparent indifference of their justice system...."

By talking to friends and peers about violence against women and girls, and by taking action to end it, young men can help break the ingrained behaviour of generations....

I was beaten in my life six times, and felt a the barrel of a gun on my head four times, harassed in the street four times, spat at my face three times... verbally abused – uff, I can't even remember how many times, and this happened in 'developed' countries as well as developing countries...

Nov 2012: Thousands of organizations across the globe demand an end to violence in their communities as part of the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence Campaign, including Women for a Change Buea...

My mother insisted on education for us, she thought that illiteracy was the cause of her violence.Therefore, I began to study as if my life depended on it...

Alas, education has nothing to do with violence against women. My degrees refused to stop any slaps from my husband.