Grim statistics, a shocking reality - Domestic violence

WOMEN are being subjected to extraordinary and barbaric acts of violence every day in this country — that is a fact.

Grim statistics, a shocking reality - Domestic violence

While men may also experience physical abuse in the home, the overwhelming majority of victims of domestic violence are women and children — that is also a fact.

The most disturbing fact of all is that 79% of women fail to report to anyone — let alone the gardaí — that they have experienced either physical or sexual assault in their own homes.

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