domestic violence

Femicide

18.May 2025. Iva Manojlović/DW

Murders of women in Serbia: A tumor cannot be treated with aspirin

Every 19 days in Serbia, one woman is killed by a man from her close environment. Femicide can be prevented, DW interlocutors say. And that is the responsibility of the whole society

Penalties for domestic violence

17.October 2024 Mila Jovanovic

"Judges are kind to bullies"

A man from Kikinda who beat his wife with a pistol and fired four bullets into her was sentenced to only one year and four months in prison. "The light sentences for domestic violence are a consequence of the fact that prosecutors do not treat such cases as attempted murder," Vanja Macanović from the Autonomous Women's Center told Vreme.

Chronicle

18.June 2024 SZ/RTS

Suspicion of abuse: A woman jumped out of a window in Bačka Palanka

The police arrested a man from Backa Palanka on suspicion of verbally and physically abusing his partner who jumped out of the window in despair

Family violence

02.June 2024 SZ/RTS

Abandoned children in the shadow of femicide

400 children were left behind by women killed in domestic violence in the past five years. Those children are also victims of domestic violence, who after the tragedy grow up without any systemic support

Chronicle

21.April 2024. MP

Another woman died in domestic violence

Yesterday, a twenty-nine-year-old woman was killed with a cold weapon in Novi Sad, after which the suspect attempted suicide. It is the seventh femicide since the beginning of this year.

Amendments to the Criminal Code

17.September 2023 Z.S.

Life imprisonment for rapists, tougher sentences for domestic violence

During the next year, changes to the Criminal Code are expected, which include life imprisonment for rapists, stricter sentences for domestic violence and greater sanctions for serious offenses against traffic safety.

Violence against women

17.August 2023 Z.S.

Media as the only refuge for victims of domestic violence

At first it seems that, full of strength and courage, women who have been victims of brutal violence in a partner relationship go public in order to protect themselves and send a message to other victims that there is hope. However, if they scratch below the surface, only a cry for help can be heard, because in addition to all the institutions, the media is the only refuge left for the victims.

Domestic violence

21.July 2023 MJ

The Protector of Citizens again called on everyone to report violence

Zoran Pašalić appealed to all citizens of Serbia to show solidarity and not to turn their heads, but to report if they have information about violence in someone's family

Region

16.June 2023 I.Đ.

Red Cross of Serbia: Half of elderly women suffered violence

Women who were victims of violence in childhood and youth have a higher chance of being victims of violence in old age. Commissioner for the Protection of Equality, Brankica Janković, said that gender-based violence affects women throughout their lives

Society

30.April 2023. I.Đ.

Domestic violence on the rise: 12 people killed since the beginning of the year

Psychologist from the Autonomous Women's Center Tanja Ignjatović stated that apart from the law, there is a serious lack of prevention. In 2023, nine women and three men lost their lives in the house as part of family tragedies

Society

30.November 2022 Jovana Gligorijevic

Femicide in Montenegro: The number of women killed is unknown

Like many countries in the Western Balkans region, including Serbia, Montenegro does not have official statistics on the number of women killed in a family-partnership context. The organization Center for Women's Rights (CŽP) keeps its records, according to which in the first decade of the 21st century, from 2001 to 2011, in Montenegro, 51 women died as a result of family-partner violence

Society

26.October 2022 Jovana Gligorijevic

Femicide and centers for social work: Free assessment on the way to the grave

In the summer of 2017, Olga Lovrić and Maja Đorđević died in the same way: they were killed by their former partners in front of social work centers. Maji Đorđević's ex-husband, before killing her, threw his dead son at her feet. Two-year-old Petra B. from Vršac was drowned by her father on October 4, 2022, and then killed himself. These crimes are the result of the failures of the centers for social work

Family violence and religion

05.October 2022 Jelena Jorgacevic

And silence can kill

Why are the voices of representatives of religious communities important? Why are they mostly silent? What messages can we hear lately? What is the first thing that comes to mind when talking about family walks? And what else could we think of?

Comment

28.September 2022 Jovana Gligorijevic

Igor Milošević in "Informer": A platform for a multiple rapist

"Informer's" interview with multiple rapist Igor Milošević is an instruction on how women should behave when he rapes them so that he does not hurt them, because he will rape again and they know it. If it is also from Serbian tabloid paganism, it is a lot

News

19.September 2022 MN

Domestic and partner violence: 22 women killed this year

Everyone should be involved in the fight against violence against women and girls: competent institutions, international and civil society organizations, the church, the media and every citizen of Serbia, wrote the Deputy Prime Minister and President of the Coordinating Body for Gender Equality Zorana Mihajlović.

In the new issue

15.July 2022 Milica Čubrilo Filipović

Women victims of violence: He beat me for three years

In Serbia, one woman dies every ten days from being beaten by her partner. Branka, Ivana and those who took refuge in one of the fifteen or so safe houses in Serbia were saved and started to laugh again.