The Child First campaign has been launched by Women's Aid to stop avoidable child deaths as a result of unsafe child contact with dangerous perpetrators of domestic violence.
Survivors of domestic abuse frequently tell Women's Aid that they can be re-victimised and traumatised by their abusers, even after separation, through the family court process.
“The family court was an arena for him to continue his abuse on a much more damaging scale. I wasn’t heard or listened too. My children have suffered drastically as a result.” – Survivor
Their campaign report, Nineteen Child Homicides, highlights the tragic stories of 19 children and 2 women in 12 families that were killed by perpetrators of domestic abuse in circumstances related to unsafe child contact within a ten year period. It’s possible that these deaths could have been prevented if the domestic abuse had been considered as an ongoing risk factor.
Updated Home Office Violence against Women and Girls Communications Insight Pack
Minister for Civil Society, Rob Wilson, visited Standing Together to mark the opening of the 2017 / 18 round of the Tampon Tax Fund