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Women on the Front Line - Austria:
SHOWING THE RED CARD
“We know that one in five Austrian women are victims of male violence,” according to Doris Bures, Austrian Federal Minister for Women and the Civil Service. Each year, 7,000 cases of domestic violence are reported to the police, and police suspect more go unreported. But Austria is a pioneer in the protection of women (95% of cases involve male violence against wives or partners) and has a ten-year-old Protection Against Violence Bill.
In the words of one of the bill’s architects, “it shows men the red card”. Under the law, police have the power to eject men from their homes, which then become domestic sanctuaries for the women. In most other European countries, it is the battered women who must leave home and find sanctuary in a safe house.
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