A data investigation into how Czech institutions fail victims of domestic violence — generational abuse, the Prague–Vienna enforcement gap, the housing trap, the femicide data the state won't collect, and the support network it just axed.
Between 17 and 40 percent of people have personal experience with intimate partner or domestic violence. In a five-part series we explore the obstacles facing efforts to reduce such rates in Czechia.
Two weeks of safety. That’s how much time victims of domestic violence can obtain if the police or a court intervenes.
In Czechia, there is a shortage of up to 3,000 places in shelters for victims of domestic violence. Some facilities designated for this purpose on paper do not actually provide a safe haven.
Most murders of women in the Czech Republic are committed by their partners or former partners. However, official statistics do not track the motives or context of these crimes.
While the prime minister argues that it streamlines the state administration, experts and trade unions speak of „the destruction of human-rights know-how.“
The production of this investigation is supported by a grant from the Journalism Science Alliance. See the details of our project.
