Unsafe at home: domestic violence and the virus
While COVID-19 is a recent pandemic, interpersonal violence (IPV) is not. Having existed from the beginning of time, relational violence is far more prevalent than meets the eye, and often more deadly.
Category: Domestic Violence
Family Courts: ‘Major overhaul’ aims to protect domestic abuse victims
Domestic abuse victims will get greater protections in an “overhaul of how the family courts deal with the horrific crime”, the government has announced.
Women’s refuges are supporting a rising number of domestic abuse victims
Refuges around the UK are facing a huge challenge as they work to support a rising number of women experiencing abuse during lockdown. calls to the National Domestic Abuse Helpline had risen by 25%.
Butler calls on PM to classify domestic violence professionals as key workers
Dawn Butler, Labour’s women and equalities spokesperson, has called on Boris Johnson to “urgently reconsider” the decision to omit domestic violence professionals from the published list of ‘key workers’.
Support still in place for abuse victims in isolation
People should be mindful of those who don’t see their home as a safe place, police and crime commissioned John Campion said. “Victims of domestic abuse are facing quarantine for weeks, or months, with their perpetrators.
Jess Phillips MP: The Domestic Abuse Bill is to be welcomed, but there is still work to be done
The long-awaited Domestic Abuse Bill contains some good measures – but there is still a way to go to ensure proper protection for victims, writes Jess Phillips MP. The Domestic Abuse Bill is to be welcomed.
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