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New Zealand finds state and religious bodies failed to prevent decades of abuse
The scale of the abuse was ‘unimaginable’ with an estimated 200,000 people abused across seven decades, the report said.
‘Transformative’ domestic abuse recovery programme to be piloted in Northern Ireland
‘We want to encourage a creative and more sisterly approach to women experiencing domestic abuse, rather than portraying the othered and shrunken down woman’
More than 300 million children a year face sexual abuse online, study suggests
A researcher said the number of male offenders in the UK alone ‘could stretch all the way from Glasgow to London’.
Almost 500 abusive posts directed at MSPs passed to police, study shows
A pilot project assessed posts directed towards 38 MSPs and assessed if they were abusive or threatening.
Youngest ever MSP claims Holyrood is now ‘much more toxic’
Ross Greer of the Scottish Greens was 21 when he first became an MSP back in 2016.
Two institutions could make payment to Stormont within weeks over historical abuse
Barnardo's and the Good Shepherd Sister are reported to be moving closer to making interim payments to victims.
Announcement ‘shortly’ on contributions by former institutions for abuse victims
The Historical Institutional Abuse Inquiry revealed the extent of sexual, physical and emotional abuse at former homes.
NHS chief calls out ‘unacceptable’ abuse faced by doctors and nurses
More than 58,000 NHS staff said they had experienced sexual harassment from patients, their relatives or other members of the public in 2023.
Stormont apology over historical institutional abuse was ‘horrendous’
The Executive Office committee was briefed on the work of the office of the Commissioner for Survivors of Institutional Childhood Abuse Fiona Ryan.
Inquiry should recommend support for abuse survivors, says Nicky Campbell
The broadcaster was a victim of teachers John Brownlee and Hamish Dawson while a pupil at Edinburgh Academy.