West Mercia Women's Aid says more work is needed to tackle domestic abuse
Around 15% in the West Midlands fell victim to economic abuse last year according to figures from Surviving Economic Abuse (SEA)
The chief executive of a Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Shropshire charity says a lot of work still needs to happen to tackle domestic abuse.
This week is known as NO MORE Week (3-9 March), which aims to raise awareness of the subject on a global platform.
15% of women in the West Midlands fell victim to a form of economic abuse last year, such as controlling of someone's finances, according to figures from Surviving Economic Abuse (SEA).
Last month it was revealed five police forces would be the first in the country to have domestic abuse specialists in its call centres to help tackle violence against women and girls.
'Raneem's Law' is being piloted in five areas following the murder of a woman from Solihull who was killed along with her mother, by her ex-partner, despite them making numerous emergency calls to police.
Sue Coleman is the chief executive of West Mercia Women's Aid - a group which supports victims of domestic abuse, she says awareness weeks are important to continue to highlight the topic and the call centres would help provide extra support to victims.
"I think anything that can be done to increase understanding has got to be a step forward," she said.
"There's a great deal of concern services might not be there for people if they do disclose it and there's a lot of concern that women will be blamed and shame associated with domestic abuse.
"We tend to forget that survivors are everywhere, but the most important thing from my perspective is to convince the whole community, especially the men in those communities, to take responsibility for the attitudes that underpin violence and abuse."
In January, the spending watchdog revealed government efforts in recent years to address violence against women and girls (VAWG) had not improved outcomes for victims.
The National Audit Office (NAO) said VAWG is a "significant and growing problem" affecting one in 12 women.
A spokesperson for the Home Office previously said: "Over the last six months, we have wasted no time in taking action to better protect victims and pursue perpetrators.
"This includes launching new domestic abuse protection orders, starting the roll-out of domestic abuse specialists in 999 control rooms, strengthening the police response to spiking and stalking, and pioneering a truly cross-government approach to tackling these issues.
"We will not stop until we have a system that protects victims, supports their journey to justice and holds perpetrators to account."
Around 1 in 4 women are said to experience domestic abuse in their lifetime, the figure being 1 in 5 for adults in general.