The Law on Protection from Domestic Violence is not working. There is a habituation of society and institutions to violence. According to the institutions, this is due to political instability. This was stated by Levena Lazarova, executive director of the “The Wake-Up Girls” Foundation, on bTV.
In a study by the foundation, the police have one of the lowest ratings: “Victims of violence are not satisfied with the police's reaction. In 50% of cases of domestic violence, there is a child who is either a victim of violence or a witness. When he is a witness, he is already a victim.“
Among the reasons for not sharing about violence are the stigma and the fate of the children in the family.
“It is important for institutions to work in sync after the first signal. The police receive the first call, they must notify other institutions about what happened“, Lazarova noted.
The managers of the so-called “houses of horrors“ have practiced violence, she is categorical: “I do not blame people for putting their loved ones in these types of homes. However, we all have our own responsibility.“