Domestic violence pilot scheme set to cater for both male and female victims

THE new pilot scheme for victims of domestic violence will cater for men and women, the Department of Justice insisted yesterday.

The Department was responding to claims by the support group for male victims of domestic violence, Amen, that it was sexist for excluding them from this project.

But the Department insisted last night the new National Domestic Violence Intervention Agency was non-gender specific and will apply to both male and female victims of domestic violence.