"Does violence stop on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women?! Hardly! For victims of abuse, it doesn't matter what day it is today. They need our attention, help, support, most importantly – justice", Yotova points out.
The lack of public sensitivity and the inaction of the institutions, the politicking of the subject are another slap on the bloodied face and trampled dignity, the vice president also wrote.
While the politicians pretending to rule Bulgaria are mired in "courting", every day Bulgarians suffer from the widespread impunity, fall into the trap of legal absurdities created by the thoughtlessness of the Bulgarian legislator, according to Vice President Iliana Yotova.
According to UN statistics published today, a woman is killed every 10 minutes in the world. In the past year 2023 At least 85,000 women and girls have been deliberately killed around the world, most of them victims of their loved ones, according to figures contained in a UN report. The world organization speaks of an alarming level of murders of women and points out that these crimes could be avoided.