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LEGAL GUIDE: Reporting Domestic Abuse to the Police
The seismic vote that took place in Ireland this time last week is a milestone for progress and for the rights of women to live free from control. Rightly it is being celebrated, as is the work of countless activists that brought us to this point, but the fight to liberate women from abuses of power and coercion is not restricted to our bodies, and it is happening right here in Scotland, right now.
One reason we at the Scottish Women’s Rights Centre were so invested in the result of the Irish referendum is because the limitation of access to contraception and abortion is a form of gender-based violence in itself. Another is that for women who experience domestic abuse this - frequently coupled with sexual violence - is a tactic often used by perpetrators to control their partner.Scotland's new Domestic Abuse Bill is published
The Scottish Women’s Rights Centre welcomes the launch of Scotland’s new
Domestic Abuse Bill.
At the moment, there is a significant gap between criminal justice responses to
and the evidence and experience of women who are subject to domestic abuse.
Without legislation that encompasses and criminalises the broad range of
abusive tactics perpetrators use against victims, including psychological,
emotional, financial, sexual and physical abuse, women are too often left
vulnerable, unsupported by the legal framework and unable to access justice.
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