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We will provide a therapist/s who will work exclusively with mothers and daughters repairing fractured relationships caused by abuse. This will be an innovative project in which we will monitor and evaluate the work with a view to disseminating this approach and the learning across the VAWG sector.
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Situation
Prevalence studies evidence that between 20% to 30% of women experience domestic abuse during pregnancy, this abuse frequently escalates and perpetrators of abuse can cause huge deliberate harms to the Mother/Child relationship fracturing trust, preventing attachment/bonding and reducing a mothers ability to care and nurture her child. Control over pregnancy itself can be used as a form of coercive control causing lasting harm. Mothers are judged inadequate whilst children's needs are ignored.
Solution
Research supports that strong and supportive mother-child relationships are an important factor in helping mothers and children survive and recover from domestic abuse.The first attachment relationship provides a framework that influences subsequent relationships and early attachment bonds influence how individuals form relationships throughout our lives.We will provide space to heal broken bonds and repair relationships creating stronger safer families and ultimately more resilient communities.
