Latest data show that 1.7 million, 7% of women in the UK experienced domestic abuse in 2022. Or rather felt able to report it to the police. An increase from 1.3 million in 2020, post…
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Why Delilah? Patriarchy and misogyny in our everyday language
Sir Tom Jones himself is set to be banned in Wales. With two women per week killed by a partner or ex-partner, “She stood there laughing, I felt the knife in my hand and she…
Raising the game, mental health and our sporting heroes
The 2020 Olympics has been a triumph against the odds for the hosts, and for Team GB, but this event more than any also bought to the fore the mental health challenges the sporting elite…
Are we facing a tsunami of mental health problems?
BBC’s Newsnight and Bedfordshire police have this week highlighted a study that points to a tsunami of mental health conditions and struggles, a fairly predictable outcome following the circumstances of the last 12 months. Is…
Ryan Giggs charged with coercive control. Could this be a milestone case?
Ryan Giggs should be considered innocent until proven guilty, but inevitably many eyes will be on this case as a rare high-profile charge of coercive control. Serial philanderer, his lack of respect for women is…
The home strait to spring, and a future of flexible working. How do we re-invest in our people?
As we look forward to spring, the relaxation of rules and return of some freedoms, there is a sense we’re on the home strait towards the lives we knew. Many aspects will surely return with…
The Real Cost of Domestic Abuse
The disappearance and death of Sarah Everard in March this year has created a sense of grief, horror, and fear in us all. The seemingly random connection of Sarah as victim to her perpetrator, like…
Support is just a call away: inside Refuge’s National Domestic Abuse Helpline
Refuge’s domestic abuse helpline regularly deals with some harrowing stories and offers a first step towards safety They’ve been psychologically controlled, abused and belittled and yet still many callers to the Refuge National Domestic Abuse Helpline are…