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A YEAR-LONG campaign to recognise psychological abuse as part of domestic violence bore fruit yesterday as the government introduced a Bill against “coercive and controlling behaviour.”
The amendment to the Serious Crime Bill came as a victory for the many women’s groups championing reforms to domestic violence laws including Women’s Aid and Paladin National Stalking Advocacy Service.
Paladin chief executive Laura Richards said: “It is important that our laws reflect the reality of domestic violence.”
Legal frameworks designed to safeguard women are too often weaponised against them, reinforcing male power and entrenching injustice. The FiLiA Ending MVAWG Team highlight some of the issues
As peers prepare to debate reform of the 1861 Offences Against the Person Act, Labour MP Tonia Antoniazzi leads a bid to end the criminalisation of women who end pregnancies at home. LYNNE WALSH reports
