A family court judge has raised concern about the lack of support offered to a woman with a low IQ who suffered “extreme abuse”. Judge Stephen Wildblood said the woman,
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Domestic abuse continues to be a “scourge” on society more than 40 years after the introduction of historic legislation designed to protect women, according to the most senior family court
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“Far too little” is being done to prevent child domestic abuse and repair the lasting damage it does, a report has found. The second of a two-part “targeted area inspection”
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Plans to make it easier for male victims of sexual and domestic abuse to come forward it have been unveiled by prosecutors in what has been described as a “landmark
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Research released by Women’s Aid and Cafcass finds that 62% of applications to the family court about where a child should live or spend time feature allegations of domestic abuse.
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A two-session counselling programme for low-level, first time domestic abusers can cut re-offending rates by a third, a groundbreaking experiment has shown. The trial also saw the harm suffered by
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Domestic abusers should be put on a register as part of a “vital step change” to protect survivors, according to a new report. London Assembly Labour group leader Len Duvall
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One in seven men who reported being “raped” by women said they were physically overpowered or threatened with a weapon. A survey of 154 British men claiming to be victims
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A woman facing deportation to Nigeria has won a reprieve after Prime Minister Theresa May was told her three-year-old daughter faced female genital mutilation if they were returned. A decision
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A domestic abuse victim whose daughter faces genital mutilation if deported has yet to receive answers from the UK Government, MPs have heard. The SNP’s Hannah Bardell raised the case
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