Performance of “Make do and Mend,” November 25 2015. Credit: Flickr/the S and D group at the European Parliament. All rights reserved.
In November 2015, a middle aged woman called Ann from a social housing project in a poor part of Greater Manchester sat in a meeting room in the European Parliament, watching a play about domestic violence based on the testimonies of victims just like her. She was one of 45 people from my constituency of North West England who had been invited to the Parliament for a day of activities designed to raise awareness of Violence Against Women and Girls, and to share ideas about how to deal with its causes and consequences.
