I offered free domestic violence training to the churches in my town - but not one man came
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Sally Hope2022-11-25T12:41:00
A quarter of all churchgoers will experience abusive behaviour. But if violence against women is largely perpetrated by men, and churches are largely run by men, why can’t Sally Hope get men to come to her training? On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, she asks: Why won’t men engage?
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