
Here is the definition of violence against women given by the United Nations:
"any act of gender-based violence that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual or psychological harm or suffering to women, including threats of such acts, coercion or arbitrary deprivation of liberty, whether occurring in public or in private life."
What are in your opinion the factors that perpetuate domestic violence against women around the world and in Italy?
Watch the video (here or http://rt.com/news/domestic-violence-italy-hot/
Do you agree with Sabrina Franca, director of the Maree antiviolence centre in Rome, who argues that domestic violence is a cultural problem in Italy?