Schoolgirls have reported misogyny beginning “on the playground” as a new three-year plan to tackle violence against women and girls throughout Liverpool has been unveiled.
Data recorded by the city council has found that among the quarter of a million women in Liverpool, it is estimated a third will or have experienced violence during their lifetime.
Between October 2021 and September 2022, Merseyside Police were called out to 14,935 domestic abuse incidents, an average of 1,245 per month.
