A Panorama investigation to be broadcast on 17 August will report the findings of the first in-depth research project about the effect of confinement on domestic abuse. Two-thirds of those living with their abuser told Women's Aid that the violence towards them worsened and three-quarters said that it was harder to escape because of the lockdown.
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