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The Government recently held a public consultation exercise over its approach to dealing with domestic abuse in advance of its proposed Domestic Abuse Bill.
Domestic abuse charity Women’s Aid was one of the respondents to the consultation. Its response was based on the results of a survey it conducted amongst domestic abuse survivors to find out what would make a real difference to their lives.
Key changes the survey respondents said they would like the Government to make included:
“We want this Bill to put survivors’ safety and needs at its heart,” explained Katie Ghose, Chief Executive of Women’s Aid. “That’s why we asked survivors what would make a real difference for them and many said that the Bill must bring about much-need change in the family courts to help protect their children.”
“From our work with survivors, we know that perpetrators of domestic abuse are using child contact applications to continue to control and abuse them, and that the family court is enabling that abuse by not effectively safeguarding survivors during the court process; this is resulting in unsafe contact decisions being made that is putting children’s wellbeing and safety at risk,” she said.
“We want a family court system where survivors can access justice free from abuse and for children’s safety to be put at the heart of all decisions made by the family court,” she added.
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