The 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war and its aftermath had a damaging impact on socioeconomic life in Armenia, raising new concerns about a long-standing issue –  the prevalence of domestic violence. Over the past years, there has been an increase in domestic violence-related criminal proceedings, opening a window to speculations over underlying causes.---Armenia’s deep-rooted traditional norms promote the idea of women being confined to traditional roles and pose a threat to achieving a more equal society. Domestic violence, which disproportionately affects women, tends to escalate during and after wartime, as stress levels rise, families are displaced, and traumatised soldiers return home, changing family dynamics. This goes beyond one country's example and risks every nation in conflict.---At the same time, Armenia showed significant progress in gender equality, as reflected in the Global Gender Gap report, leaving a possibility to associate the rising numbers with rising awareness of willingness to break the taboo of reporting cases. Nevertheless, domestic violence often goes unreported because of stigma. According to the 2021 Survey on Domestic Violence against Women in Armenia, only 5% of the women who experienced domestic violence reported the incidents to the police.---”I realised too late that my problem was not the bruises on my face, but my silence,” one of the victims told local media.