Early interventions to curb domestic violence

A VIDEO SHOWING a woman with a baby beside her being beaten by a man for 40 seconds has been widely spread online. According to the local police in Heshan, Guangdong province, the man and woman are a couple, and the woman installed a hidden camera to collect evidence of the man's abuse. China Daily writer Zhang Zhouxiang comments:

According to the All-China Women's Federation, 30 percent of married women in China suffer from domestic violence, and they won't call the police until they have suffered serious physical abuse 35 times on average. Most of the victims do not seek help from the police until three years after they have suffered their first beating.

Worse, domestic violence accounts for 40 percent of all cases in which a woman is killed.