Greece

The Greek Police (ELAS) will be creating a new department to deal with domestic violence issues, according to a recent announcement. The members of the new department will be tasked with the prevention of violence inside the family. They will receive...

Greek police have released chilling statistics which reveal that more than 13,700 cases of domestic violence – overwhelmingly against women – were recorded between 2013 and 2017. The Athens-Macedonia News Agency reported a police source saying 2017 alone saw 3,134...

 A new study conducted this summer by the General Secretariat for Gender Equality showed a 47% increase in cases of domestic violence against women in Greece. At the opening ceremony of the new Women’s Support and Consultation Center in Kavala,...

The society of Kournas Apokoronos region in Crete has been stunned by the arrest of a 54-year-old Albanian father who was charged with sexually abusing his two daughters, 16 and 11, while also punishing his 20-year-old son. Media reports said...

President of the Greek Republic Katerina Sakellaropoulou posted a Facebook message on Wednesday marking the International Day for Eliminating Violence Against Women. The first-ever female in that position stated "Violence against women, physical, sexual, psychological and economic violence, violence...

Nearly 60 percent of the women who are victims of violence in Cyprus don't report the incident to anyone, according to the shocking results of a study conducted on the island. The study was the first ever undertaken in...

The Republic of Cyprus is currently considering the ratification of the Convention of the Council of Europe on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence, which opens the path for creating a legal framework at a pan-European level to...

November 25 has been established by the U.N. as  the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. The phenomenon of domestic violence incidents are shocking and unfortunately  still occurring widely, especially in Greece. The International Day for the Elimination of...

The execution-style murder of two members of the far-right extremist Golden Dawn party in Athens has police scrambling to find out who was responsible amid worries it could be the work of terrorists and spark a round of retaliation. Surveillance...

The Greek SOS 15900 national helpline for women victims of violence received more than 5,000 calls and 37 e-mails asking for help during its first year of operation, according to figures released by the General Secretariat for Gender Equality...

The mayor of Athens, Haris Doukas, decided to project an artwork of a Greek flag in pink colors on the occasion of International Women's Day on Friday. A few months ago, the flag had been exhibited in the Consulate General...

Greece is putting the panic button into law, introducing a bill to be voted on today on November 17th in the plenary session of the Parliament. The program is provided for by an amendment submitted to the bill of the Ministry...

While there were some proto-feminists in ancient Greece, feminism as a movement began in Greece in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries when women across the US and Europe began fighting for their rights. Women from the US, UK, and Ireland...

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis met with Saidu Kamara, a refugee student facing deportation who won over the hearts of Greeks across the country, on Tuesday. During the meeting, Mitsotakis helped guide the refugee regarding the status of his asylum...

Refugee Saidu Kamara participated in his school's Greek Independence Parade on March 25, then he is set to be deported from the country. Each year in honor of the country's fight for freedom from the Ottoman Empire, local Greek students...