Organization working to address Indiana s uptick in domestic violence-related deaths Share Updated: 6:29 PM EDT Jul 16, 2021 Share Updated: 6:29 PM EDT Jul 16, 2021
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Show Transcript IN SOUTHERN INDIANA. OUR MUNASHE KWANGWARI TALKS TO A SURVIVOR OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SHARES WHAT’S BEING NEDO TO GIVE PEOPLE LIKE HER, A SAFE HAVEN, TO ESCAPE ABUSE. MUNASHE: THE CENTER FOR WOMAN AND FAMILIES HELPS PEOPLE DEALING WITH DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSLT.AU TWO ISSUES LEADERS TELL ME INCREASED DURINGHE T PANDEMIC, ES PECIALLY IN INDIANA. SO THE ORGANIZATION DECIDETOD SET UP SHOP HERE IN JEFFERSONVILLE, GIVING PEOPLE A PLACE THEY CAN COME TO ESCAPE THR EISITUATION. PROXIMITY IS EVERYTHING, WHEN PEOPLE FEEL THAT THEY CAN NDFI RESOURCES AND SUPPORT NEAR THEM, THEY’RE GOING TO BE A LOT MEOR LIKELY TO REACH OUT TO THOSE SUPPORTIVE SERVICES THAT CAN POTENTIALLY SAVE THEIR LIVES. MUNASHE: IT’S THREE ASON THE LOUISVILLE-BASED ORGANIZATION
SOUTHERN INDIANA — A recent partnership between the Center for Women and Families and three local hospital systems in Louisville and Southern Indiana — including Clark Memorial Health — is