One person dies every two weeks from domestic abuse in Switzerland; most often, it’s a woman. The Swiss authorities must do more to implement the Istanbul Convention to combat this scourge, say campaigners. Since last year, the #MeToo and #BalanceTonPorc movements have put the spotlight on the problems of sexual abuse and harassment. Violence against women is not a new phenomenon, but it is a widespread and persistent human rights violation. Non-governmental groups place a great deal of hope in the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (better known as the Istanbul Convention), which entered into force in Switzerland last April. Ahead of the United Nations-supported International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women on November 25, swissinfo.ch talked to Simone Eggler of Terre des Femmes about the scale of the problem in Switzerland and possible solutions. Eggler belongs to a new civil society ...
