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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Our response to government measures announced after the murder of Sarah Everard Responding to government measures announced after the murder of Sarah Everard, chief executive at Women’s Aid, Farah Nazeer, said “Violence against women and girls is a crisis of global proportions. The pandemic has shone a light on the fact that women are
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International Women’s Day Blog by chief executive of Women’s Aid, Farah Nazeer This is my first International Women’s Day as Women’s Aid chief executive, and I am proud to have joined such an incredible all-woman team. My passion has always been working towards ending violence against women and girls and progressing women’s rights
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“Parental alienation”: A dangerous and harmful concept A Safe blog by Jenny Birchall, Senior Research and Policy Officer at Women’s Aid Over the last few years, the terms “parental alienation” and “alienating behaviour” have been used more and more – in the family courts, in children’s social work, on social media, and even in debates
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Women’s Aid launches healthy relationship Expect Respect toolkit on Valentine’s Day as part of Yves Saint Laurent Beauty’s Abuse is Not Love programme On Valentine’s Day, the national domestic abuse charity Women’s Aid will launch a toolkit to help children and young people recognise the key warning signs of abuse and promote healthy relationships, as part of Yves Saint Laurent Beauty UK’s Abuse is Not Love programme. The Expect Respect Healthy Relationship Toolkit produced by Women’s Aid is a prevention toolkit
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Over half of domestic abuse support services were running areas of work without dedicated funding The domestic abuse sector continues to face funding challenges, according to Women’s Aid’s The Domestic Abuse Report 2021: The Annual Audit. The report reviews how support services have fared during the financial year 2019 – 2020 and the findings will be announced at
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