Beaten with a pot and locked up in a bathroom… “21-year-old woman sent to a mother-child living support facility” escapes from her domestic violence husband.
Nonfiction writer Kota Ishii delves into the reality of the "young homeless," young people who have lost their homes!
The National Police Agency has announced that in The National Police Agency has announced the following statistics on the crime situation in 2022 (provisional figures). The National Police Agency reported that the number of cases of domestic violence by spouses will increase to 80,000 in 2022 (provisional figures). The National Police Agency announced that the number of cases of domestic violence by spouses The National Police Agency announced that the number of cases of domestic violence by spouses was 84,493 in 2022 (provisional figures). The number of cases had increased by 18,000 cases from last year to The number of cases had increased for 18 consecutive years until last year. The number of cases of domestic violence by spouses had been increasing for 18 consecutive years until last year, and this number is expected to further increase.
In the past few years, the number of domestic violence cases in Japan has increased rapidly due to the COVID-19 crisis. Therefore, although there had been some expectation that the number of cases would decrease to some extent once the COVID-19 crisis subsided, the phenomenon of an even greater increase has occurred.
Needless to say, domestic violence is violence by a spouse or lover.
Statistics show that 80% of victims are women (wives) and 20% are men (husbands), but in reality the percentage of female perpetrators is said to be a little higher. Male domestic violence often manifests itself in the form of direct violence that harms the victim, while female domestic violence manifests itself in the form of mental stress on the partner.
When domestic violence occurs in the home, one of the problems victims face is housing.
If the victim wants to escape the violence that is occurring in her home, she will have to leave her current address. However, when this is combined with the inability to rely on family, lack of friends, and lack of money to rent a new place to live, the victim is left without a place to live.
Teens Teens to 40s The “Young Homeless” series follows people in their teens to 40s who have lost their homes. In this issue, we would like to shed light on the realities and support for victims of domestic violence after they leave their homes.
Some women had children while still unmarried in their teens.
One of the institutions in Japan that support mothers and children who have been victims of domestic violence is the “Maternal and Child Living Support Facility. It used to be called a “mother-child dormitory.
In the early years following the end of the war, it was a facility to help widows who had lost their husbands. However, as time went by, it was transformed into a business that provided housing for mothers and children who had been forced to leave their homes due to domestic violence or their husbands’ loan problems. In recent years, more and more mothers and their children who lack the ability to take care of their children are being accepted.
Takako Ueda (pseudonym), who works as a mother-child support worker at a mother-child living support facility, says, “There are two main types of people who come to the facility.
There are two main types of cases that come to the facility. In recent years, there have been many cases of parents who are generally weak in their ability to raise their children. Some of the mothers are Teenagers Some mothers have children in their teens while still unmarried, or are unable to raise their children independently due to intellectual disabilities or mental illness. We accept these people and spend several years helping them to become independent.
Ueda continues, “The second case is one that has been around for a long time.
The second case is a victim of domestic violence, which has been around for a long time. Their husbands beat them at home, and although they escaped with their lives, they do not have a house to live in or even money to live on. These people are brought to a mother-child living support facility after they submit an SOS to the government.
Let me show you the main process of coming to a maternal and child living support facility.
Local governments throughout Japan have welfare offices, and one of their roles is to support families with children. One of their roles is to provide support for families with children. They mainly provide consultation services at their offices and receive reports from residents, and when they determine that a parent or child is in need of protection, they recommend that the child be placed in an institution.
The length of stay in a mother-child living support facility is basically one to three years. There, they receive childcare support, improve their mental health, find a new job, and find a new place to live, and leave the facility when they are ready to become independent.
However, the reality that the women who come here have faced and the ongoing problems they face is not easy. I would like to share two real-life examples through interviews.
