Domestic violence costs the lives of more than 2 women every week. Following the advent of new laws and March's month of action to raise awareness of domestic violence, a national action plan has been published that sets out the progress made so far in tackling the crime and outlines future proposals to further improve support to victims and bring more perpetrators to justice. The plan sets out 5 key Government goals for the coming year: - reducing the prevalence of domestic violence - increasing the rate that domestic violence is reported - increasing the rate of domestic violence offences that are brought to justice - ensuring victims of domestic violence are adequately protected and supported nationwide - reducing the number of domestic violence related homicides.

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