EU's first gender-based violence law a 'big disappointment'

A "historic day" was marked on Tuesday (6 February) in the fight against gender-based violence, with the adoption of the first-ever EU law on combating violence against women — which still needs to be formally approved by member states and the European Parliament.

"For the first time, the European Union sends a clear message that we take violence against women seriously as an existential threat to our security," leading MEP...