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Stormont must deliver on protections for women and girls

More help and support for victims and survivors of domestic abuse and coercive control are urgently needed in Northern Ireland, according to leading trade union Unite Unite has challenged the Northern Ireland Executive to make real its Programme for Government priority of ending violence against women and girls. This includes Safe Leave (paid annual leave to allow access to emergency accommodation, healthcare or the legal system) and locally-accessible emergency accommodation. Northern Ireland is the most dangerous place in Western Europe to be a woman but Stormont has yet to deliver actions to protect women who are living with threat or coercive control.