Author archives: Juliet Henderson

Women’s groups including The End Violence Against Women Coalition (EVAW) are highlighting the news yesterday that rape conviction rates by the CPS in the UK are the lowest they have been since records began. Despite a huge rise in reports of rape in recent years the CPS is showing a reduction in the number of …

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Refuge the UK domestic violence charity have launched a video highlighting that 90% of domestic abuse happens in the presence of children. They also identify that In 41% of cases of partner abuse there was at least one child under the age of 16 living in the household Of the 6,500 survivors of abuse that …

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