Lydia Abela, wife of Malta’s Prime Minster, expressed anger over violence against women in Malta while speaking about femicide during a podcast interview done by Isma’ Dean.In exclusive clips sent to Lovin Malta, Lydia is seen reflecting on recent cases, were she referred to the 2022 murder of Paulina Dembska, who had been volunteering to care for cats in Sliema.“I feel anger when I see that in 2022 we saw the murder of Paulina Dembska, who was volunteering to take care of the cats in Sliema and ended up being killed simply because she was a woman,” she said.Lydia said that despite progress in legislation and public discourse around women’s rights, violence against women remains a serious issue.“Despite everything, we are still seeing this violence against women, even though we speak in favour of women, even though we create laws and try to include women in every sphere of life,” she said.She also referenced another case that happened less than a year later, that of Pelin Kaya, saying it reinforced her anger over how women continue to face violence.“I feel great anger, anger that women are still being looked at as the ‘weaker gender’,” she added.The comments were made in the context of a wider discussion on femicide and violence against women in Malta during the podcast interview done by Isma’ Dean.With the full interview coming out tonight at 6pm.What do you think of her comments? View this post on Instagram A post shared by Lovin Malta (@lovinmalta)•