Coercive control campaigner creates checklist
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A campaigner and survivor of domestic abuse has issued a checklist of signs to help identify somebody who is experiencing coercive control.
Samantha Billingham, founder of UK-based organisation Stronger Beginnings, supported the Government of Jersey’s campaign to raise awareness around coercive control as part of ongoing work to tackle violence against women and girls (VAWG).
The government said domestic violence awareness month takes place in October, and said Ms Billingham had created an ABC checklist which could suggest a person is experiencing coercive control.
She said the ABC list stood for “appearance, behaviour and conversation”, and added “this can be particularly important at work”.
‘Quiet and withdrawn’
Ms Billingham said work was sometimes the “only safe place for the victim”.
“The ABC checklist can be an easy way to see if there are any changes in someone which could be of concern”, she said.
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