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Young woman protecting herself with the help of pepperspray.
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Cabinet explores allowing pepper spray for women in high-risk situations
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Child with teddy bear
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Authorities should not need parents' consent for child abuse investigation: Ruling party
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Child with teddy bear
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Amber Alert launch campaign to recognize domestic abuse; "Key reason" kids run away
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Flowers at a home on Elzenstraat, where a girl died following a stabbing incident. A man and a woman, the residents of the property, have been arrested.
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Prosecutors believe mother is responsible for death of 14-year-old girl in Blerick
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More reports of domestic violence, child abuse last year
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Domestic violence.
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Dutch courts increasingly alert to intimate terrorism in divorce cases
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Joke's ex tattooed his name 250 times on her body. She is in the process of getting them removed. April 2026
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Video: Woman's ex tattooed his name 250 times on her body; Fundraiser for removal
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At least one report a day of woman being strangled in the Netherlands
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Netherlands needs updated data on children exposed to domestic violence, experts say
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A sad child sits alone in a school corridor.
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Survey finds three-quarters of Dutch children exposed to violence
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Minh Nghia V. suspected of killing a 66-year-old woman in a parking lot near a shopping center in Zwijndrecht
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Court cuts sentence in Zwijndrecht shooting that disabled ex-partner, killed her mother
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Mobile forensic unit
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New tool against femicide: New investigation method can prove attempted strangulation
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Dutch parliament demands quicker, longer restraining orders for domestic violence
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Domestic violence.
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Femicide drops, but experts warn danger remains for women leaving partners
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Court gavel with a statue of Lady Justice in the background
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Sharp increase in victims having to force prosecution through Article 12 procedures
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No decrease in femicide in Netherlands in 15 years
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Neighbor's domestic violence report turns out to be kids gaming "enthusiastically"
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Women fleeing domestic violence often sheltered in hotels with no security staff
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Domestic violence reports rising steadily; 66,000 in first half of 2025
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Handcuffs, radio Dutch Police Car
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Video: Mother, child found killed inside Terneuzen home; Investigation ongoing
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Domestic violence.
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Dutch legal aid insurance leaves domestic violence, incest victims without coverage
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A woman cries while speaking on the phone.
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New AI chatbot launched to help people in unsafe home situations
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Domestic violence.
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Utrecht Mayor Sharon Dijksma pledges €12 million in funding to fight femicide
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Woman in mental distress
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Dutch parliament pushes for national coordinator to tackle femicide