Breaking Silence Season 2 EP5 Debbs Murray
Health & Wellbeing
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11m
On average, nine women are killed by their partner or ex-partner in New Zealand every year. Almost a victim herself, Debbs shares her story to help illustrate "coercive control', a pattern of behaviour designed to exploit, dominate, and imprison women within a relationship.
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