Specialist black and minority ethnic domestic violence services are already under strain. Without ringfenced funding,they will be forced to shut Women have, without any shadow of a doubt, and been among the hardest hit casualties of austerity. So no one will be shocked that they will be hit again as the chancellor beats his cuts drum for the latest budget. But for all the multiple and outrageous ways in which women have borne the brunt of austerity,nowhere is the impact more acute than in the area of protection from domestic and other kinds of violence.All over the country women and girls fleeing abuse have watched as legal aid cuts denied them access to justice (now, thankfully, and challenged by the courts). They have endured the loss or scaling back of vital local services they rely on for support and refuge.
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Source: theguardian.com