The resolution of the Council of Ministers approving the Action Plans under the National Strategy for Equality and Non-Discrimination - Portugal + Igual, for the period 2023-2026, was published today in the Official Gazette, the day it came into force.
Posts tagged as “Domestic Violence”
With the unscale in the number of domestic violence offences and crimes against minors, the Public Security Police will carry out several awareness-raising actions through their "Violence is at the Door Campaign."
Domestic violence has increased considerably in recent years, especially during the pandemic.
From today, the 14th of February until the 25th of February, the Public Security Police (PSP), will be holding several new Domestic and Dating Violence awareness initiatives, titled 'In Dating There Is No War!' at several schools across the region.
It seems that following a series of domestic violence events, a man in his 40s killed his wife and child of 10 years today in Rua da Casa Branca, Funchal. The man took flight but his body was then found in an area below a viewpoint on Ponta de São…
A 45-year-old woman was attacked in her apartment in Figueirinhas this afternoon, by her father-in-law.
The PSP Regional Command issued a statement this morning confirming that last weekend they arrested three men on domestic violence charges. The three Madeiran men, aged between 35 and 47 will remain in police custody until their initial court hearings.
The Public Security Police (PSP) were called out on Saturday night to stop a violent argument between a couple, in Santo Amaro, Funchal. According to witness statements the man had come home drunk and had started abusing his wife.