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Greater Manchester is striving to improve the safety of women and girls by challenging the behaviours that contribute to gender-based violence.

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Trigger Warning.
This video contains references to domestic abuse and coercive control. If you need support, visit https://t.co/VfcmUMP8md.

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If you recognise this behaviour in yourself, your friends or colleagues, you should consider taking action.

Ask yourself, #IsThisOk?

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It’s estimated that 89% of recorded coercive and controlling offences in Greater Manchester are committed by an intimate partner.

Check in on your family, friends and colleagues. #IsThisOk?

For more information, or if you need support, visit: https://t.co/qE1nnHxlLX

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If you spot this type of behaviour in your mates, family or colleagues, you don’t have to just shrug it off.

Having the right knowledge and knowing how to intervene can play a vital role in disrupting the cycle of abuse.

Ask yourself, #IsThisOk?
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Coercive and controlling behaviour is on the rise and can land you in court.

If you recognise any these behaviours in yourself, that’s an important first step and there’s support available to help you.

Ask yourself, #IsThisOk?

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Controlling what someone wears, where they spend money, and who they talk to is abuse.

Think about your behaviour and ask yourself, #IsThisOK?

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Controlling what someone wears, where they spend money, and who they talk to is abuse.

Think about your behaviour and ask yourself, #IsThisOK?

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If you believe a family member, friend, neighbour, colleague or other person known to you is a victim of coercive and controlling behaviours, let them know support is available.
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🗣 “We want people who are experiencing this behaviour to know that it’s wrong, that it’s a crime.”

@DeputyMayorofGM Kate Green shares her support for the latest iteration of our #IsThisOk? campaign.

For more information, or if you need support, visit: https://t.co/LwBFzYmmYZ

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Between April 2024 - 2025, 18% of coercive control offenders were female, and 82% were male.

Find out more about coercive and controlling behaviours, and how you can get support at https://t.co/zay8EncFwY.

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For more information, or if you need support, visit: https://t.co/zay8EncFwY

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🗣 “I felt we had to change the conversation about women’s safety.”

@MayorofGM discusses the latest phase of our #IsThisOk? campaign, which focuses on raising awareness of coercive and controlling behaviour and challenging the behaviours of men and boys across the city-region.

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🗣️ “I felt we had to change the conversation about women’s safety.”

Andy Burnham, @MayorofGM, discusses the latest phase of our #IsThisOk? campaign, focusing on raising awareness of coercive and controlling behaviour.

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Belittling, isolation, tracking movements, controlling finances and appearance. This is domestic abuse, and it’s punishable by up to 5 years in prison. #IsThisOk?

For more information, or if you need support, visit: https://t.co/RxZYfChfu0

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Hayley Brewer from @WDAChoices, the company that runs the Greater Manchester Domestic Abuse Helpline, speaks about coercive and controlling behaviours, and the importance of the #IsThisOk? campaign.

For more information, or if you need support, visit: https://t.co/ZMfYYeDY1q

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The latest phase of #IsThisOk? raises awareness of coercive and controlling behaviour, developed with insight from over 65 organisations and those with lived experience.

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Trigger Warning.
This video contains references to domestic abuse and coercive control. If you need support, visit https://t.co/VfcmUMP8md.

[Deputy Mayor for Safer and Stronger Communities @DeputyMayorofGM]

🗣️ "Over the past three years we've made great progress, but there's much more to be done."

On the final day of the #16Days we are repeating our commitment to deliver our 10-year Gender-Based Violence Strategy.

Tackling gender-based abuse and violence will always be a priority.

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Kate joined @GoodEmpCharter Chatter Podcast to discuss the importance of making Greater Manchester's workplaces more responsive to gender-based violence.

Listen and find out more 👇

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🚺 Yesterday was International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women.

🏃‍♀️‍ Research from The University of Manchester has found that abuse faced by women runners is a significantly under reported type of gender-based violence.

👉 Read here: https://t.co/YcZetk5lG3

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"The ambition and scale of our plan reflects our determination to root it out."

Yesterday, Greater Manchester launched its Gender-Based Violence Delivery Plan.

We will continue to tackle all forms of gender-based violence.

Read the full story and plan: https://t.co/GZdiN3ypWe