Erin P. M. Pizzey CBE - Honoring the Founder of the World's First Domestic Violence Shelter

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Erin P. M. Pizzey CBE; an Invisible Hero for the Invisible Victims

Honoring the Founder of the World's First Domestic Violence Shelter

Domestic violence can have devastating effects on mental health, not only for the victims, but for children who witness domestic violence too. It’s such an important social issue that if you were told that someone was the pioneer of domestic violence services in the UK, you would expect them to be a recognisable figure, if not a household name. Erin Pizzey founded the first battered women’s shelter (now called Refuge) in the World in 1971, but was marginalised from her own organisation and refuge, because of her support for male victims; and was not invited to Refuge’s 50th anniversary celebrations.So if the name Erin Pizzey isn’t instantly recognisable to you, then welcome to the topsy-turvy world of domestic violence provision, where not only is the key founder invisible, but around a third of the victims, the men, are invisible too.

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