Domestic abuse commissioner needed to tackle femicide in Northern Ireland, charity says

Women's Aid Northern Ireland says failure to tackle one of Europe's highest femicide rates is result of sectarian division

A leading women's rights charity has called for the establishment of a domestic abuse commissioner in Northern Ireland to tackle one of the highest rates of femicide in Europe.

There is heightened concern that policies tackling domestic violence in Northern Ireland have been held back by decades of sectarian division sucking political resources.