Besides worse academic outcomes, they have trouble eating and sleeping, along with having a higher risk for gastrointestinal distress.

“Steps will be taken to turn our schools and colleges into spaces that embrace the idea of gender equality and equal rights," the chief minister said.

“If women are financially protected outside of marriage, they in turn experience lower levels of violence inside marriage.”

Levels of violence were higher in low- and middle-income countries across South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa, a new report found.

When the path to escape is paved in shame, it often feels easier to stay in the abusive relationship.

People who are abused often have an emotional attachment to their abusers that makes it difficult to escape harm.

Exposure to adversity in childhood is a powerful predictor of physical health problems later in life, according to researchers.

Poland's justice minister called the treaty "a feminist creation aimed at justifying gay ideology" that is "harmful" because it requires schools to teach children about gender.

The defense has been increasingly used by men in court to claim that the fatal injuries they inflicted upon women were the result of consensual acts.

The policy is a more a knee-jerk response to the domestic violence problem under lockdown than a viable long-term solution.

Swiss women screamed together at 3:24pm -- the exact time of day when they start working for free due to the pay gap.

The Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, does not apply to non-cohabiting partners, making it harder for someone who lives apart from their partner to report abuse.

UN Women recommends social protection and economic stimulus packages for women and girls.

Women, isolated with their abusers and no escape, are reaching out via hotlines and email at much higher rates than usual.

The Mexican president responded by saying the strike was a conspiracy against his administration.

The report comes amid a wave of protests against femicide in France, where men kill an intimate partner once every three days.

"For the first time, I trusted my body."

An advocate explains what legal recourse is available to domestic violence survivors and how they can best access it.