Dame Nicole Jacobs calls for urgent funding for domestic abuse services, stating that without a rescue package the government’s commitment to halve violence against women and girls (VAWG) within a decade will fail.
The gulf between need and provision is so great that in some cases this “may have left children in unsafe situations and at risk of further harm,” warned a statement from the commissioner’s office accompanying the publication of a report: 'Victims in their own right? Babies, children and young people’s experience of domestic abuse'.
“Without these services, children affected by domestic abuse are often at risk of long-term harm, including serious mental and physical health issues,” said the statement.
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