“Within the framework of the implementation of national projects, efforts should be intensified to strengthen the institution of the family itself, and to form an understanding among the younger generation of the significance of traditional values. In this regard, the adoption of the law on the prevention of domestic violence is of great importance, in particular. Soon it will be submitted to the State Duma, ”Matvienko said in an article in Rossiyskaya Gazeta.

She also drew attention to the need to develop a network of preschool institutions, noting the positive developments in this area.

Irina Kirkora, deputy chairman of the Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights (HRC), head of the Moscow branch of Assol, an interregional public organization for the protection of the rights of women and children, commented on domestic violence in the country in an interview with NSN.