A population larger than Austria’s was already at risk of domestic violence in Europe this year – before the pandemic locked many at home with their abusers.
Over the last decade, numerous governments promised to protect and support these people – but almost all of them were very behind on these commitments.
“We wouldn’t be in this situation,” said Irene Rosales, policy and campaigns officer at the European Women's Lobby, if governments had responded to “the reality of inequality, harassment and violence so many women face on a daily basis”.
