When she finally managed to get through to the busy helpline at the ANNA center for victims of domestic violence, the young woman was hurt so badly she could not even cry: “My husband has beaten me severely,” she said, her voice blank. “I have a child with me and no place to go,” she said, and she was eight months pregnant.
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Women hold placards reading “If he beats you, he’ll go to prison” and “Women’s rights are human rights” at the International Women’s Day march in Kyiv on March 8, 2020, calling for more protection from gender-based violence and domestic abuse.
