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VIOLENCE
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Domestic Abuse For countless women, home is not a place of comfort and refuge, but a place of fear. Violence at home wrecks the lives of women in every country in the world. This violence includes battering by intimate partners, economic deprivation, sexual abuse, marital rape and is often all these things: taking the form of routine physical, psychological and sexual violence. More than 70 per cent of female murder victims are killed by their male partners. Yet few women are in a position to seek and receive effective help or formal justice. Many stay with their partners because they have nowhere else to go and lack financial independence. Some are then easy prey for traffickers who offer to take them out of the situation with promises of a better life. Some have actually been sold into abusive situations by families seeking a route out of poverty. Amnesty International's campaign to Stop Violence Against Women:
Hidden Hurt: a comprehensive site with information, stories, church attitudes etc Women's Aid: for help, support and information about Domestic Abuse in the United Kingdom NB both the Women’s Aid and Refuge sites have confidential 'sign in' that ensures no one can tell you have accessed the site.
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