ABERYSTWYTH University students are supporting a campaign to tackle domestic abuse among young people.

Concentrating on the themes of consent and control in young people’s relationships, the Live Fear Free campaign aims to show that abuse is not limited to physical attacks.

Research shows that one in five teenage girls have been assaulted by a boyfriend and that emotional abuse such as constant criticism, isolation from friends and family, control of personal appearance and of finances can be just as damaging.

The Welsh Government campaign reminds young people that consent to one act is not a “free pass” to future acts, that consent cannot be presumed or forced and that “NO means NO”.

Aimed towards 16 to 24-year-olds, the campaign begins with advertising on Facebook and Google and will be followed by a poster campaign in bars and clubs, shopping centres and students’ unions in 180 sites across Wales.

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