The National Council of Women has called for a multidisciplinary prevention plan to deal with domestic violence.

The council said it was deeply concerned with the rise in domestic violence, which often resulted in brutal deaths due to problems between couples.

Their statement comes after a 47-year-old man was charged with stabbing his wife to death in broad daylight in the middle of a Tarxien street last Monday.

The council said that while initiatives were taken to assist victims, there was still much to be done to prevent these incidents.

It reiterated its call for a national detection policy to identify signs of domestic violence in its early stages.

The council said the country was also in dire need of an ongoing national information campaign for potential aggressors and victims on where to seek professional assistance.

"Raising awareness of domestic violence is not a one day event, it needs to be addressed from one day to another and not hide it for the rest of the year," it said.