An undated handout picture released by the Frida Kahlo exhibition press office on 18 March 2014 shows a photograph ‘Frida with a blue dress’ 1939 by Hungarian-born US photographer Nickolas Muray.

I never used to be a big fan of Salma Hayek – not until she played in “Frida” the biopic of the Mexican surrealist painter and feminist icon Frida Kahlo, released in 2002.

Imagine you are a divorce attorney, who once represented a client caught in an abusive marriage. One day, you are with your father and your client, when her now ex-husband turns up on the scene. An argument breaks out and the man starts shooting. He kills his ex-wife and your father and injures you before turning the gun on himself.

Domestic violence is a widespread problem in Russia and some forms of abuse have now been decriminalized. Tatoo artist, Yevgeniya Zakhar, is helping victims hide their scars.

All over the world demonstrations have been held on November 25, wich is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. It is followed by 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence that will end on December 10, which is Human Rights Day.

Posting under #MeToo, a growing number of women around the world have begun speaking out about sexual assault. But not many people are talking about it in Berlin. That should change, says DW columnist Gero Schliess.

Online abuse against women has real life consequences including self-censorship and psychological damage. An international survey shows nearly one in four women have experienced such abuse, including physical threats.

At least 15 million girls have been victims of sexual violence, yet only 1 in 100 sought help, according to the UN’s children’s agency. Most children knew their abusers, says the report’s author Claudia Cappa.