Domestic abuse victims now have access to free train tickets to take them to safety, thanks to the 'rail to refuge' initiative.
Domestic abuse victims now have access to free train tickets to take them to safety, thanks to the"rail to refuge" initiative put forth by the domestic abuse advocacy groups and two major train companies in the United Kingdom, Great Western Railway and Southeastern. This announcement follows the introduction of a bill to Parliament designed to enhance victims’ protections in legal proceedings against their abusers.
Obviously, this work is invaluable. But the idea for the program came from outside these organizations. In fact, it was a Southeastern station manager, Darren O’Brien, who raised the idea at work after watching a documentary about women and children escaping domestic abuse. Women’s Aid makes clear that domestic abuse does not just entail physical and sexual violence. It can take the form of coercive control, emotional abuse, online abuse or financial and economic abuse. Financial and economic abuse might include an abuser recklessly spending money or limiting access to basic amenities, like food or transportation, in order to exert control over and limit the freedom of a victim.
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