{"id":5257,"date":"2021-01-09T17:52:15","date_gmt":"2021-01-09T16:52:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/epsom-and-district\/?p=5257"},"modified":"2021-01-09T21:13:39","modified_gmt":"2021-01-09T20:13:39","slug":"letters-to-baronesses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/epsom-and-district\/2021\/01\/09\/letters-to-baronesses\/","title":{"rendered":"Letters to Baronesses!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Domestic Abuse Bill had its second reading this week in the House of Lords and we were fully behind Nicole Jacobs, Domestic Abuse Commissioner&#8217;s proposed amendments to the Bill. Club members sent an astonishing 210 letters to\u00a0 quite a few Baronesses.\u00a0 This action was initiated by a request that Southern England\u00a0 Soroptimists send letters to all Baronesses in order to highlight crucial points in the Bill and request that they be included.<\/p>\n<p>The letters sent by SI Epsom &amp; District called for the following amendments:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Making non-fatal strangulation an offence in its own right<\/li>\n<li>To update coercive control laws to allow abusive behaviour, which has continued even after a relationship has ended, to also be prosecuted<\/li>\n<li>To add specific protections for migrant women and anyone regardless of their immigration status<\/li>\n<li>To provide further protection through the family courts like prohibiting unsupervised contact for a parent who is embroiled in ongoing criminal proceedings over domestic abuse<\/li>\n<li>The inclusion of community-based services in the statutory duty, which goes beyond accommodation-based services<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more information about the Bill see: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/society\/2021\/jan\/03\/tough-new-domestic-abuse-tsar-prepares-to-shape-laws-to-protect-threatened-women\">Nicole Jacobs &#8211; Guardian Article &#8220;Tough new domestic abuse tsar prepares to shape laws to protect threatened women&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It is still possible for you to have your say in addressing the gaps in the Bill by signing: <a href=\"https:\/\/jessphillips.net\/content\/support-petition-domestic-abuse-bill-protects-everyone\">No Victim Left Behind Petition<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jessphillips.net\/sites\/default\/files\/DA%20Bill%20-%20Website%20Header%20Desktop.jpg\" alt=\"Campaign Banner saying No Victim Left Behind\" width=\"483\" height=\"190\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Domestic Abuse Bill had its second reading this week in the House of Lords&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":771,"featured_media":5270,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5257","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-club-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Letters to Baronesses! | News | Blog | Events | Women inspiring action, transforming lives<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Women inspiring action, transforming lives : Blog &amp; News : Letters to Baronesses! : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of Women inspiring action, transforming lives . 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