Protection from femicide

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Women affected by violence find refuge in women's shelters.(Bild: Pressefoto Scharinger/Daniel Scharinger)

There were three femicides and eleven cases of serious violence against women in Austria in the first two months of 2025. Above the Enns, the opportunities for women to find refuge are to be further expanded this year. Krone+ has the facts and figures.

"We have already taken women out of hospital rooms via a back exit while the man was waiting for them at the front," says Karin Raab, head of the women's shelter in Linz. Being willing to get help is an important step towards a life free of violence, she says.