Greek women fight for 'right to the truth' over abuse and violence

"I had to choose between my family and my right to the truth. I chose the latter," she said. "And I never regretted it," the social worker, now 33 and a specialist in domestic violence, told AFP. The #MeToo movement in the US sparked by the Harvey Weinstein case arrived very belatedly in the Mediterranean country in 2021, when Olympic gold medalist Sofia Bekatorou accused a sailing federation official of rape. But in March this year Greece introduced a smartphone panic button application for women facing violence at home.