France: Liberty, Equality, Fraternity? Women in France ask why their human rights are being abused (Web Domestic Violence Feature No. 2)

Index Number: EUR 21/004/2006
Date Published: 29 March 2006
Categories: Europe And Central Asia, France

In France, a woman dies every four days after being beaten by her partner. More than half of those women killed have previously been subjected to domestic violence. Domestic violence is a human rights abuse.