Venezuela domestic abuse efforts 'at risk'
BBC:
Amnesty International has urged Venezuela to do more to protect women from domestic violence. The rights group says a law passed last year which classifies domestic violence as a violation of human rights was a step in the right direction.
But Amnesty says the authorities have done little to implement it. Amnesty estimates that one woman in Venezuela is attacked every 15 minutes. Latin America has some of the world's worst levels of domestic violence.
As in the rest of the world, women in Venezuela are still suffering violence at the hands of their partners or other family members. READ IT ALL
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