Unreported violence against women masks true extent of problem
Date of article: 14/02/2014
Daily News of: 14/02/2014
Country: EUROPE
Author: European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights
Article language: en
Two-thirds of female victims of physical and/or sexual violence did not contact the police or any other service following the most serious incident of violence they had experienced, a survey from the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) can reveal. The scale of the problem therefore often remains invisible in official figures, highlighting the need to improve awareness of the issue.