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On Tuesday 4 March, Radio Netherlands is teaming up with human rights organisation Amnesty International to record a special edition of its Amsterdam Forum discussion programme to mark International Women's Day.

You can have your say. To find out how, see below.
Amnesty International has been highlighting human rights abuses in Russia.

Women carry a particular burden when it comes to these abuses - suffering not only at the hands of the authorities but also from a wave of domestic violence.

Official figures show that more than 14,000 Russian women die each year at the hands of their husbands or relatives.

At the same time numerous attempts at passing laws to tackle domestic violence have made no progress in parliament.

So why is the situation for so many women in Russia so bad?