“Groundbreaking” Lesotho study reveals high cost of domestic violence
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation Countries could save billions of dollars a year by tackling the “disgusting pandemic” of domestic violence, the Commonwealth Secretary-General said as economists estimated the scourge cost the tiny African kingdom of Lesotho 5.5 per cent of GDP. Patricia Scotland said domestic violence burdened health, police and judicial services, led to absenteeism […]