The Australian prime minister announced new funding on Wednesday to help women escape domestic violence and crack down on misogynistic online content.

Stop Domestic Violence in Ireland said it is experiencing its busiest ever December so far and it has been inundated with calls to its helpline over the past two weeks

Poland’s prime minister Mateusz Morawiecki has said he is asking his country’s top constitutional court to study Europe’s Istanbul Convention against domestic violence before his government decides whether to exit the pact.

Poles are bitterly divided over steps being taken by the right-wing government to leave the Istanbul Convention, a European treaty against domestic violence, claiming it promotes gender “ideology” and links violence to religion.