Three women brutally killed in one day in France, in 'unbearable' start to new year
CNN
On January 1, three women were killed in France, each allegedly by a partner or ex-partner, in what feminist campaigners described as an "unbearable" start to another year's tally of violence.
France is just one of many countries grappling with what the United Nations has called a global shadow pandemic of violence against women, exacerbated by Covid-19 lockdowns which saw women confined at home with their abusers, increased financial pressures for many and limited access to support.
It has seen people take to the streets over the past year in protest over the brutal deaths of women -- and in some cases, their children -- at the hands of their current or former partners.
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