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“There’s mental scars which are so difficult to heal.” A decade since coercive control became a crime, survivors are still left with scars no one sees. 🔺 Sussex: 7,000+ reports, just 3% charged 🔺 Surrey: 3,000+ reports, just 7% charged ➡️ bbc.com/news/articles/…

And when you do get to court, judges and juries don’t understand the crime. I was told because I had my own job and career he couldn’t have been controlling me. The judge simply didn’t understand how someone who was intelligent could have fallen into such an abusive relationship

Every day, 10 babies are born from rape in the UK. I’m asking the government to make sure convicted rapists are stripped of parental rights. It’s time for a system that stands with victims, not shield offenders. And I'll keep using my platform to make sure that victims are

Hannah Clarke and her children, Aaliyah, Laianah and Trey, were murdered in 2020. This week Queensland criminalised coercive control. This is why it matters… ⬇️

For years, I amplified other people’s stories, thinking my own harm, growing up in that home, didn’t matter. The truth is, I hadn’t made the journey back to the Little David. This book is for him. The Unthinkable is out 5 June 📚 Pre-Order Now ➡️ hachette.co.uk/titles/david-c…

Former Cabinet Secretary, Sir Simon Case, with us for his first TV appearance #bbclaurak And honoured the incredible campaigner David Challen will share his family's story, in his first interview about his book See you at 9 BBC One BBC iPlayer

Ahead of my interview with Laura Kuenssberg this morning, we spoke about my memoir The Unthinkable - about coercive control and why we still aren’t doing enough to confront this violence. It airs at 9am on Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, BBC One. 📚 #TheUnthinkable is out Thursday.

💭 some thoughts on what it’s like to share my journey in the media as an adult child survivor of domestic abuse. #TheUnthinkable

A week on from the news that the government is accepting the recommendations and implementing free court sentencing remarks for free and I feel like a weight has been lifted. The amount of victims that will be helped by this is immense. Just taking a moment to appreciate that!

I’ve had the privilege of reading this heartbreaking yet beautiful book. I highly recommend reading it..

Very few children are forced into knowing such intimate details about their parents, but David Challen thinks reading his mother’s testimony has brought them closer thetimes.com/uk/crime/artic…

‘David wrote the book [The Unthinkable] to “give voice to what it’s like to grow up in a home where domestic abuse wasn’t the word – it was coercive control and it didn’t appear on my TV screens”.’ A decade on, “we’re not tackling it enough”, he says. ➡️ bbc.com/news/articles/…

I am pleased to share that Sister in Law, long listed for the women's prize for non-fiction, has been selected for a Kindle Monthly Deal, meaning for the month of June the Ebook is just 99p.

I would say this about any man in a position of leadership. PM, CEO, cultural/sporting icon, business leader. As Jackson Katz says, male leaders have a sphere of influence and must use it to disrupt the culture of silent complicity around male violence against women and girls ⬇️

David Challen’s story is powerful and brave. By speaking out, he’s helped expose the reality of coercive control and driven real change. A true force for progress. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…