A team at a Birmingham mosque says there is a 'hidden pandemic' of violence that is underreported.
Pakistani women are not reporting incidences of domestic abuse for fear of family disownment and community isolation, campaigners have said.
They can receive help in a safe and secure environment and staff said since they launched three years ago, they have seen 200 women. Her in-laws were worried they would be blamed if anything was wrong so sent her back to England to her mother, which is how she escaped her abuser. "I remember my mother saying 'don’t cut the rope, don’t cut the rope', meaning don’t break this marriage up, it doesn’t matter what they do to you," she said.Asiya Aziz, who does not want to use her real name due to sensitivities around her work, leads the domestic abuse service at Green Lane Mosque and said at least 70% of the women they helped were Pakistani.
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