UK MPs warn against growing use of smart tech in domestic abuse theguardian.com/society/2023/a…

“It’s likely that you know someone who is experiencing economic abuse.'

Delighted to work Katie Binns for this The Telegraph Money piece on recognising #EconomicAbuse which also outlines how to respond as a friend or family member and where to get help.

telegraph.co.uk/money/consumer…

If you see a pattern of,

🚩 Don't go to see your mum tonight

🚩 You know your friends don't like what we have, they're jealous of what we have

🚩 Have the day off work today, if you love me you will

🚩 Isolation is a key ingredient in any abusive relationship.

It's control

Your feelings are important and so are you 💚

New report Culture, Media and Sport Committee highlights growing use of smart devices to perpetrate domestic abuse.

Building on the #OnlineSafetyBill , govt must tackle all the tools perpetrators use to control, coerce & abuse, including smart home devices.

My response ⬇️
domesticabusecommissioner.uk/domestic-abuse…

People can be hooked on the idea that educating about abuse will make abuse stop.

Yet, a survivor can be fully aware of the abuse but the abuser still stalks them, harms them through their children, & economically abuses them post-separation.

Only stopping abusers stops abuse.

We're so excited to join Norwich Pride 🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ for their event this weekend! It's going to be a great opportunity for us to stand with and celebrate the LGBTIQA+ community, in Norwich and within NCH&C 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ .

Coercive control is domestic abuse.

Domestic abuse is not limited to happening in the home, it follows survivors into the workplace.

Harassment through telephone calls and emails, repeatedly ringing reception stalking, turning up unannounced 🚩

ICYMI: Last week I spoke to BBC Woman's Hour about my new #FamilyCourt report which calls for greater understanding of #DomesticAbuse early in proceedings.

Listen back to our discussion, as well as brave testimony from survivor ‘Beth’ from 32:45 mins👇
bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

We continue to call for a Firewall between Police and Immigration Enforcement to ensure victims and survivors with insecure immigration status can safely and securely report #victimsbill Lords Committee on Justice and Home Affairs Domestic Abuse Commissioner

Whoever you are,
Whatever you're going through,
You can talk to us.

Nominations for The Write to End Violence Against Women Awards 2023 are open.

Click here to find out more and to make a nomination:
endviolenceagainstwomen.org.uk/campaign/write…

Self-care doesn't have to be expensive or extensive.

It doesn't need to be complicated and it can look different for everyone.

It's what *you* need.

Today, we are responding to the Home Office's £8.3 million fund for VAWG services. We are disappointed that very few small, specialist and 'by and for' VAWG organisations, that support the most marginalised survivors, have directly received this funding. bit.ly/3QbN8ri

#EmmelinePankhurst born 14 July 1858

Suffragette imprisoned in her efforts to gain the vote for British women.

“We are here, not because we are law-breakers; we are here in our efforts to become law-makers.”

'Paper Abuse:' How Family Courts Feed Coercive Control

'You can see the discomfort that courts have with putting any kind of limits on the right to petition, particularly in the domestic violence context where it's so needed.'

law360.com/access-to-just…

Why women don’t leave 🚩 Judicial Office Cafcass Ministry of Justice Alex Chalk KC MP #movementofmothers

We're proud of our writing group, now on its 3rd run. It's just one of the outputs we've created, combining The National Lottery Community Fund funding, & the income generated by our training #theflyingchildproject
If you know of anyone who might benefit from our groups, please do share this post. #CSA

This morning on BBC Woman's Hour I outlined how the #FamilyCourt can be used as a site of post separation coercive control

My new report makes recommendations to ensure there is greater understanding of #DomesticAbuse earlier in proceedings

Thanks to Nuala McGovern for this dicussion