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Are efforts to improve awareness of domestic abuse working?

Maya Oppenheim speaks to experts about alerting the public to the signs of cruelty and a new helpline for businesses to support employees living with abusers

Saturday 05 September 2020 20:04 BST
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Abuse starts in small and insidious ways
Abuse starts in small and insidious ways
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A wide array of schemes to raise awareness about domestic abuse have been launched in the wake of reports of violence surging during the lockdown.

From staff at Tesco and Boots receiving training to help them identify domestic abuse victims to the new advice line for businesses to support employees living with abusers launched this week, there is arguably far greater awareness of the scourge of domestic violence than there was before lockdown.

Studies have found women currently experiencing domestic abuse say it escalated under lockdown and their abusive partner has more control over their life since the Covid-19 emergency began.

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