Brown works with the charity Women’s Aid, telling her story about domestic abuse and encouraging others to tell theirs. She has just made a devastating four-minute film about domestic abuse, Love Should Not Hurt. The strange thing is, she says, that before marrying Belafonte she knew so little about domestic abuse. In March, Refuge, which runs the national domestic abuse helpline, reported a 61% increase in calls and contacts logged over the previous year. “Nine times out of 10 I’d get home and have to deal with it then.”Brown does believe there is cause for optimism in the shape of the new Domestic Abuse Act, designed to protect those who experience domestic abuse and strengthen measures to tackle perpetrators.

Source: The Guardian May 17, 2021 04:52 UTC