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Councillors' powerful domestic abuse stories as Manchester looks to tackle misogyny and male violence

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Don't miss a thing by getting the latest from the Manchester Evening News sent direct to your inbox Manchester councillors have shared powerful first-hand accounts of misogyny, harassment and domestic abuse amid plans to tackle male violence against women and girls in the city.

A taskforce involving all of the council’s female elected members will be established to encourage and listen to women’s voices in the fight against the ‘endemic’ issues.

A survey by UN Women UK found that 97 per cent of women aged 18 to 24 had been sexually harassed, while 80 per cent of women of all ages had experienced sexual harassment in public.

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