18/06/2026
Every number represents a real person, a woman, a family, a life impacted by domestic abuse. When statistics are incomplete or underreported, those experiences become invisible, and invisibility has consequences. It means fewer resources, less funding, and services that cannot reach everyone who needs them.
The possibility that current statistics may be under representative is deeply alarming, and raises serious questions, once again, about how genuinely issues of violence against women and girls (VAWG) are being treated at a systemic level. Survivors deserve better than to be erased from the data.
At MWA, we see every day the reality behind these figures the courage it takes to reach out, and the gaps that exist when support is stretched thin. Accurate data isn't just a bureaucratic concern. It is the foundation upon which safe, effective, life-saving services are built.
We urge that statistics on domestic abuse are reported in full with transparency, with care, and with the seriousness this issue demands.
