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Women’s Aid responds to the Victims and Prisoners Bill      Isabelle Younane, head of external affairs at Women’s Aid, said: “The new Victims and Prisoners Bill could be an opportunity to place victims at the heart of the justice system however, we are concerned that it does not go far enough to lead to meaningful

Women’s Aid responds to Ministry of Justice mediation proposals   Lucy Hadley, Head of Policy at Women’s Aid said:  “Too often, we hear that the family courts’ chronic misunderstanding and minimising of domestic abuse is the reason why survivors don’t feel confident to disclose abuse in the first place. Survivors frequently fear they will be

Women’s Aid responds to Baroness Louise Casey’s report on the Met police   Lucy Hadley, Head of Policy at Women’s Aid said:  “Baroness Casey has found that the Met is broken. If this shocking report does not lead to system wide change within the country’s largest police force, what will? “Every day, our services hear

Women’s Aid responds to Ministry of Justice tougher sentencing announcement   Lucy Hadley, Head of Policy at Women’s Aid, said:  “Coercive control is at the core of all domestic abuse and this law change is a positive step towards greater awareness and recognition of the immense damage caused by controlling behaviours. It is imperative that sentencing

Women’s Aid welcomes the Mayor of London’s violence against women and girls Cost of Living fund announcement    Lizzy Dobres, policy and practice manager, at Women’s Aid said:  “We welcome the Mayor of London’s £1 million violence against women and girls Cost of Living fund announced today. Current economic pressures have had a detrimental impact

Women’s Aid responds to Fiona Bruce’s Question Time comment on abuse, “it was a one off”.   Farah Nazeer, chief executive of Women’s Aid, said: “At Women’s Aid we were shocked last night to see the Question Time presenter Fiona Bruce state, in response to a comment that Stanley Johnson was a ‘wife-beater’, that “friends of his

Women’s Aid responds to Stephen Bear sentencing   Farah Nazeer, chief executive at Women’s Aid, said:   “Image based sexual abuse, which can also be known as ‘revenge porn’, has a long-lasting and traumatic impact on women. We are pleased to see that a prison sentence has been given in this case, as we know that