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A charity has claimed the lives of children and carers suffering from domestic violence. homicide “Left invisible” In a new government strategy to tackle violence Against Women and Girls (Vogue).
This week, the Security Minister Jess Phillips Develop a £1 billion-backed strategy that focuses on prevention methods Cracking down on perpetrators of violence and abuse and supporting victims,
But families of domestic murder victims said it was “heartbreaking” to see the lack of any clear plan to support children and carers who have survived the trauma.
Diana Parks founded Joanna Simpson Foundation In honor of her daughter, who was brutally killed by her estranged husband in 2010 at the age of 46, surrounded by her two young children. He said it was “unacceptable” that the government’s strategy “fails to recognize them in any meaningful way”.
“Having lost my own daughter to domestic murder, I know what a devastating impact such brutal acts have on children and caregivers left behind,” she said.
“Families struggling with the consequences of domestic murder cannot be an afterthought. They must not be left invisible in the national strategy.”
As part of the plan, new laws will ban AI “nudification” tools that turn photos of real people into fake nude photos and videos without their consent.
Specialist rape and sexual crime investigators will also be added to every police force, survivors will be given better support in the NHS, and £19 million of funding will be given to councils to provide safe housing. domestic abuse the survivors
But the government was criticized by charities for failing to set out how it would implement Z’s law in the strategy – where parental responsibility is automatically suspended in cases where an offender has murdered a partner or ex-partner with whom they have children.
Roan Court, the daughter of Claire Marshall, who was murdered by her former boyfriend, found the strategy “extremely disappointing”.
She said: “After my mother died due to domestic abuse, there was no support for me or my caring family members.
“It reinforces the message that once a murder occurs, families like mine are no longer visible. Without clear inclusion, children and caregivers will continue to fall through the gaps, just like we did.”
Grandmother Linda Westcar, mother of Kennedy Westcar-Sbarroche, who was killed by her boyfriend, said: “I know the devastating reality behind the headlines. Nothing prepares you for the pain, fear or enormous responsibility of trying to rebuild a child’s life after such violence.
“Those of us who become caregivers carry not only our own grief, but also the child’s trauma, as well as the responsibility of keeping them safe, stable, and loving.
“That is why it is heartbreaking and extremely disappointing to see the UK Government publishing this strategy without explaining when Z’s law will be written into policy and when it will be put into practice so that it can actually be used.
“Families cannot survive on promises alone. The absence of any clear implementation plan sends a painful message that families like mine have once again been forgotten.”