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23 April 2008

Raped and abandoned

Try to get help when you've been raped in England and Wales and you could be waiting for days, even

By Martin Brookes

Imagine being raped and having nowhere to go for help to overcome the trauma.

When we started research for our new report, “Hard knock life: violence against women” two of our analysts set out to find what support services might be available for a victim living in east London who had experienced rape a few months before.

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