The family and criminal courts are integral to tackling violence against women and girls (VAWG) @thebarcouncil

We held a meeting with  @KimJohnsonMP , domestic abuse service The First Step

and criminal and family barristers on the Northern Circuit in Liverpool, highlighting

the importance of both courts.

Of the 63 Merseyside women killed by men between 2009 and 2023, 95% knew their

killers and 56% of the killings were by men with whom the women were, or had been,

in an intimate relationship. We need to look beyond punishment of offenders and how

the family and criminal courts can help with prevention, treatment and lowering risks

to women and girls.

Chair Barbara Mills KC said: “In Merseyside the vast majority of women  and girls are harmed

not by strangers but by men who profess to love them…

We want to change the narrative so that every time people talk about VAWG, they think about

the family justice system, as well as criminal justice.”

Read more in our press release https://bit.ly/4hyIGgg

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