It’s time to flip the sexist script Tuesday 20th July 2021: Today, Women’s Aid and the University of Bristol publish new research, “Gendered experiences of justice and domestic abuse. Evidence for Policy and Practice”. Lizzie McCarthy and Sarah Davidge explain why it is vital that we recognise the role sexism and misogyny play in setting the […]
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Women’s Aid launches Nowhere to Turn 2021 report: Findings from the fifth year of the No Woman Turned Away project The latest report from the No Woman Turned Away Project reveals the extent of the challenges in accessing refuge services or safe housing, after the Covid-19 pandemic heightened existing inequalities. The project, which since 2016 has provided vital support for women and
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The movement against domestic violence: celebrating our history A Safe blog by Gill Hague, Professor Emerita of Violence Against Women Studies Women’s Aid and the services in the present domestic violence sector arose originally out of pioneering women’s activism, fighting for social change. The direct connection from today back to the movement against violence against
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Women’s Aid Patron Melanie Brown’s video with composer Fabio d’Andrea ‘Love Should Not Hurt’ raises vital awareness of domestic abuse Today, national domestic abuse charity Women’s Aid is proud to launch an awareness-raising music video called Love Should Not Hurt, featuring Patron Melanie Brown (Mel B from The Spice Girls). The music release is
Women’s Aid responds to ONS crime statistics for year ending Dec 2020 Farah Nazeer chief executive at Women’s Aid said “In the year ending March 2020, approximately 1.6 million women experienced domestic abuse in England and Wales (ONS 2020). The crime statistics released today do not include an update on this estimate because the
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Women’s Aid statement on the Royal Assent of the domestic abuse bill Farah Nazeer, Chief Executive of Women’s Aid Federation of England, said “Four years after the domestic abuse bill was first promised in the Queen’s Speech, it has finally become law, and today we would like to pay tribute to the many survivors,
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Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, meets pioneers of lifesaving train travel scheme Today at 10.45 am at Victoria Station, HRH The Duchess of Cornwall met the people who pioneered the lifesaving ‘Rail to Refuge’ scheme, which enables survivors fleeing domestic abuse to access free train travel to a safe refuge. The meeting follows the Duchess’ public
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Ten ways to help end violence against women and girls The tragic death of Sarah Everard has sparked a national conversation about the violence and abuse that women and girls experience daily. We receive many questions asking how the public can help to end violence against women and girls. We’ve created a list of
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Joint letter to the prime minister 97 specialist organisations supporting survivors of violence against women and girls have written to the prime minister with serious concerns about the government’s current response to male violence. The tragic death of Sarah Everard has sparked a national conversation about the violence and abuse that women and
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Covid-19: One year on A joint statement from Women’s Aid, Imkaan, Women’s Aid Federation Northern Ireland, End Violence Against Women, Welsh Women’s Aid and Scottish Women’s Aid A year ago, our organisations came together to issue an urgent call to action to protect women and children experiencing domestic abuse, sexual violence, forced marriage, so
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