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Violence against women is one of the most widespread, persistent and devastating human rights violations in the world. More than one in three women worldwide say they experienced physical or sexual violence in their lifetime. The pandemic has made things worse: confinement trapped millions of women around the world at home with their abusers. In the first episode of the OECD podcast series \u201cTruth Hurts\u201d Charlotte Kneer, CEO of Reigate and Barnstead Women\u2019s Aid, tells Monika Queisser how her personal experience with intimate partner violence brought her to running shelters, why it can be so difficult to leave an abusive relationship, and what governments must do to prevent domestic violence against women and offer better support for survivors.\n\nGuest: Charlotte Kneer, Charlotte Kneer, CEO of Reigate and Barnstead Women\u2019s Aid\nHost: Monika Queisser\nProducer: Samia Basille\n\nTo learn more about the OECD\u2019s work on violence against women, please go to www.oecd.org/gender.\n\nTo listen to other OECD \u201cTruth Hurts\u201d Talks on Preventing Violence Against Women, please go to http://oe.cd/truth-hurts\n\nGet the latest OECD content delivered directly to your inbox! Subscribe to our newsletters: www.oecd.org/newsletters\nFollow us on social media: www.oecd.org/social-media \n \xa9OECD Podcast 2021