Novelist Elif Shafak on the Explosion of Domestic Violence.

DOMESTIC violence; VIOLENCE against women; NOVELISTS; CRIMES against women; WOMEN journalists

Keywords: ALLTOP; BUSINESS; CORONAVIR; COS; EUROPE; EURTOP; GOVTOP; INDUSTRIES; LIFESTYLE; MED; MIDEAST; TMT; UK; WORLD EN ALLTOP BUSINESS CORONAVIR COS EUROPE EURTOP GOVTOP INDUSTRIES LIFESTYLE MED MIDEAST TMT UK WORLD For award-winning novelist Elif Shafak, there's nothing fictional about the growth of femicide. ALLTOP, BUSINESS, CORONAVIR, COS, EUROPE, EURTOP, GOVTOP, INDUSTRIES, LIFESTYLE, MED, MIDEAST, TMT, UK, WORLD Shafak, a native of Turkey, says there are few places where the discussion is more urgently needed than in her homeland, which withdrew last year from an international convention designed to prevent violence against women. [Extracted from the article]

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