A key part of the work that the charity engages in is to ensure male victims of domestic abuse and domestic violence are treated the same as female victims rightly are.
Part of this work includes responding to consultations, writing letters and taking part in wider campaigns.
Please click on the paper you would like to read. (Many include the responses received.)
CAMPAIGNS
November 2011 – Response to NICE consultation
November 2011 – Response to Clare’s law consultation
October 2011 – Response to Bristol city council consultation
July 2011 – Response to Equalities and Human Rights Commission consultation
April 2011 – Response to Child Maintenance consultation
January 2011 - Letter to Dominic Raab MP, Male victims of domestic abuse
7 January 2011 - Welsh Equalities Commission’s domestic abuse campaign shows it is sitting on its hands when it comes to male victims
December 2010 - A further letter to Equalities and Human Rights Commission Wales
November 2010 - Letter to Equalities and Human Rights Commission Wales
November 2010 - Complaint to Ken Clarke QC MP on Equal Treatment Bench Book
September 2010 – Report on false allegations to the ManKind Initiative helpline (2009)
July 2010: Letter to Dr David Gadd (University of Keele), on the From Boys to Men study on domestic violence
December 2009: Letter to and response from Equalities and Human Rights Commission on the application of the Gender Equality Duty by local councils.
September 2009: Complaint to the BBC about its domestic violence coverageBBC
February 2009: Request to and refusal by Equalities and Human Rights Commission for a Map of Gaps for male victims of domestic abuse
February 2009: Complaint to NSPCC about its Domestic Violence and Children campaign.
May 2008: Complaint to Men’s Coalition about the biased way male victims of domestic abuse are portrayed
May 2008: Complaint to Association of Police Officers about lack of strategy on male victims of domestic abuse
December 2007: Complaint to Superdrug about its Chrisman punchbag
CONSULTATION SUBMISSIONS
January 2010: January 2010 - Response to Scottish Parliament Public Petitions Committee
September 2009: Response to Welsh Assembly Government’s consultation on domestic abuse
February 2009: Response to Mayor of London’s Equality Framework
March 2008: Response to Crown Prosecution Service’s review of its domestic violence policies
September 2007: Submission to Home Office Select Committee’s investigation into domestic violence
STUDENT PAPERS
Broken Men Break Their Silence (Katie Lambert)
Fathers’ Experiences of Domestic Violence (Christopher Stephenson)
August 2010: The criminal justice response to male and female victims of domestic violence by Suzanne Baines
ARCHIVE
The Seven Challenges Men Face (Mark Brooks)
Broken Men Break Their Silence (Katie Lambert)
Key Domestic Abuse statistics - revised May 2009
Domestic Abuse - male victims and children
Government Statistics on Domestic Violence
Law Commission Consultation paper 173 - (Partial Defences to Murder)
Equality Under the Law - Rape and False Allegations
The A to Z of D.V. A Bibliography of Domestic Violence Against Men
Home Office - Compensation and Support for Victims of Crime
House of Lords Selecet Committee - Equality in Goods and Services
British Crime Survey (2008/09) - Statistical volume 2 (England and Wales) - see chapter 3.
Scottish Crime Survey (2008/09) – Partner Abuse