Throughout lockdown, levels of domestic abuse have increased within homes, with more women in particular suffering from violence from their partner during the pandemic.
This is according to an investigation by the BBC’s Panorama, which discovered that two-thirds of women in abusive relationships have faced more violence, while three-quarters of victims shared that the period has made it harder for them to escape their abusers.
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