When lockdowns hit around the world earlier this year, most
people were concerned about their jobs, worried about how to
homeschool the kids, stressed about pasta and toilet paper shortages, and the absence of
friends and families, along with all of the stresses and strains
which came with something we'd never had to do before: stay
home.
But spare a thought for the many women both here in Australia,
and around the world, for whom staying at home put their very lives
at risk.
The Federal Government announced $150 million for domestic and family violence in March
expecting a rise in case numbers, but according to those working in
crisis support and in front line emergency services, that funding
hasn't gone anywhere near what's needed to assist
the many women who have suffered this year:
strangulation cases, threats to kill, serious head injuries, sexual
assaults have all risen.
