UK Failing Domestic Abuse Victims in Pandemic

Click to expand Image © 2020 Alberto Pezzali via AP (London) – The government of the United Kingdom is stalling on establishing a robust legal framework to address violence against women and girls even as reported domestic abuse spikes during the pandemic, Human Rights Watch said today. Insufficient measures to ensure critical support and services for survivors of violence – especially those least likely to get help – before and during the Covid-19 pandemic have left organizations that help some of the most vulnerable women scrambling to meet needs. “The pandemic has exposed longstanding…

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