Jess Phillips says ‘everything needs changing’ we need to ‘revolutionise the way our nations women feel safe.
In an extended interview for CityNews at a protest outside Parliament, Phillips remarked that violence against women and girls has “no geography, no class, no race, it is a men and women issue.”
She calls all of us to tackle this issue.
Former shadow domestic abuse and safeguarding minister @jessphillips gives her advice for women and girls at the @KilledWomennw protest in #westminster today pic.twitter.com/TbPdYBXvNv
— Catherine Woolley (@WoolleyNEWS) December 5, 2023
Ms Phillips condemns the government and its system saying that “the people who work in this fancy building, we have failed”, saying that they have been too slow to create legislation.
If Labour do win the next election she says this isn’t ‘something that is going to change in the first hundred days ‘ this needs a ‘fundamental systematic change’.
If you or someone close to you suffers from abuse and domestic violence, you can find help via one of these helplines and resources:
Contact the National Domestic Abuse Helpline on 0808 2000 247
You can call, for free and in confidence, 24-hours a day.
The Men’s Advice Line, for male domestic abuse survivors – 0808 801 0327 (run by Respect)
Women’s Aid also has a range of services available.
