Austria. Showing the Red Card

Description

Each year in Austria, 7,000 cases of domestic violence are reported to the police—and police suspect many more go unreported. Austria is a pioneer in the protection of women with it's Protection Against Violence law, now a decade old. In the words of one of the law's architects, "it shows men the red card." Under the law, police have the power to eject men from their homes, which then become domestic sanctuaries for the women. In most other European countries, it is the battered women who must leave home and find sanctuary in a safe house.

Runtime

22 min 43 sec

Series

Subjects

Database

Films on Demand

Direct Link

Similar Films

15. A Quinceañera Story
The French Letter
The Underground world of commercial sex
Bully girls
Out in the Lineup. Uncovering the Taboo of Homosexuality in Surfing
Lynn Good
Transbeauty
Matchmaker
Ashley Judd - 'I Had Found My Voice, and I was Coming Right at Him'
TEDTalks, iO Tillett Wright—Fifty shades of gay
Swingers
Episode 3, Lynne Hanley (No Choice)
The F-Word
15, A Quinceañera Story, Jackie and Nina
Making Grace