WLC Comments on the Harassment Bill

The Women’s Legal Centre (WLC) says however good the recently tabled Protection from Harassment Bill might be, it will fail unless it is properly implemented.

WLC’s Cherith Sanger says the Domestic Violence Act was designed to cover situations where the harassment occurred between partners in a domestic relationship.

Sanger argues that the state’s failure to comply with its duties has often led to dire consequences for women in that they or their loved ones are either killed or seriously injured by their abusers.

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