Domestic Abuse which can also be called Domestic Violence is when somebody is in an intimate relationship with somebody or a close family member (parents, siblings, grandparents etc.) and there is a pattern of behaviour in that relationship where someone wants to gain and maintain control over the other. Domestic Abuse and/or Violence is something which does not happen once but multiple times and his ongoing. Example of domestic abuse and/or violence are:

• Physical (hitting, pushing, punching, kicking etc.)
• Sexual (forced sexual acts, lack of consent for intercourse or sexual acts etc.)
• Emotional (bullying behaviour, name calling, verbal abuse, putting somebody down etc.)
• Coercive Control (manipulating somebody to do what you want etc.)
• Financial (taking somebodies money, not letting them have any money etc.)
• Psychological (gaslighting and manipulation
• Stalking/Harassment
• Honour Base violence (includes Female Genital Mutilation, force marriage etc.)