UK: Pilot for male violence victims

Article here. It looks like England is likely to lead the way, internationally, on male victims of DV (along with Holland, which now has government-funded battered men's shelters). The media and government of England have finally become more honest about the issue, and now they're forming a pilot program for male victims. Excerpt:

'A support service to help male victims of domestic violence is being piloted in Hampshire.

Honour based violence and forced marriage will also be targeted by the team in the one year project across Fareham and Gosport.
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If successful it could be rolled out across the country.
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Jude Ruddock-Atcherley, from Hampshire County Council, said more men were coming forward as victims of domestic violence.

"I think a lot of men don't come forward because of the stigma attached to being a victim who is male who may be thought of as being able to protect themselves," she said.
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National statistics show that one in six men and one in four women will become a victim of domestic violence in their life.'