Women’s Aid Responses

Women's Aid responds to chancellor's autumn statement

Women’s Aid responds to the chancellor’s autumn statement

Women’s Aid responds to the chancellor’s autumn statement   Today, chancellor Jeremy Hunt delivered his autumn statement, setting out the government’s financial plans. Responding to this, Isabelle Younane, head of external affairs at Women’s Aid said: “The rising cost of living is having an unprecedented impact on women and children experiencing domestic abuse and on […]

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Domestic abuse services at risk this winter

Domestic abuse services at risk this winter

Domestic abuse services at risk this winter Farah Nazeer, chief executive of Women’s Aid, has written to all council leaders in England, urging councils to provide vital support to specialist domestic abuse services this winter.    The cost-of-living crisis is having an unprecedented impact on domestic abuse survivors and services across the country – and urgent action

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Women's Aid responds to the levelling up, housing and communities (LUHC) committee's report on exempt accommodation

Women’s Aid responds to the levelling up, housing and communities (LUHC) committee’s report into exempt accommodation

Women’s Aid responds to the levelling up, housing and communities (LUHC) committee’s report on exempt accommodation   This week, the levelling up, housing and communities (LUHC) committee published their report on exempt accommodation, a type of shared housing exempt from locally set caps on housing benefit, used to house a range of people with support

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Women's Aid responds to CPS statistics showing domestic abuse prosecutions have dropped

Women’s Aid responds to CPS statistics

Women’s Aid responds to CPS statistics showing domestic abuse prosecutions have dropped   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Yesterday, the Crown Prosecution Service released its quarterly report of domestic abuse prosecution rates. The volume of completed prosecutions decreased to 12,858 in Q1 22/23, a reduction of 4.3% compared to Q4 21/22 (13,442). Sarah Davidge, head of research

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Women’s Aid responds: The National Police Chiefs Council and College of Policing review of themes, learnings and recommendations on police-perpetrated violence against women and girls 

Women’s Aid responds: The National Police Chiefs Council and College of Policing review of themes, learnings and recommendations on police-perpetrated violence against women and girls   The National Police Chiefs Council (NPCC) and College of Policing has today published a review of themes, learnings and recommendations on police-perpetrated violence against women and girls.   Commenting

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Women's Aid responds: police perpetrators of abuse

Women’s Aid responds: police perpetrators of abuse

Women’s Aid responds: police perpetrators of abuse Responding to the news that the Metropolitan police is investigating more than 600 domestic and sexual abuse allegations against its officers, Sarah Davidge, head of research and evaluation at Women’s Aid, said: “All survivors face barriers to accessing justice, and we know that on average the police receive

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Women's Aid and Mothers' Union come together to end domestic abuse

Women’s Aid and Mothers’ Union come together to end domestic abuse

Women’s Aid and Mothers’ Union come together to end domestic abuse   The charity Mothers’ Union has joined together in partnership with Women’s Aid to support the Come Together to End Domestic Abuse campaign, urging everyone to play their part in ending domestic abuse. An estimated 1.6 million women experience domestic abuse every year. Though

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Women's Aid releases new research on how UK public attitudes 'tolerate' domestic abuse

Women’s Aid releases new research on how UK public attitudes ‘tolerate’ domestic abuse

Women’s Aid releases new research on how UK public attitudes ‘tolerate’ domestic abuse   More than a third of UK adults believe domestic abuse is not a reflection of wider society, and instead a case of perpetrators being just ‘bad people’, according to research published by Women’s Aid. Farah Nazeer, chief executive of Women’s Aid

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Women's Aid responds: justice select committee's report into the draft victims' bill

Women’s Aid responds: justice select committee’s report into the draft victims’ bill

Women’s Aid responds: justice select committee’s report into the draft victims’ bill   This week, the justice committee published its pre-legislative scrutiny of the victim’s bill. Earlier this year, Women’s Aid and the Ministry of Justice held a roundtable with survivors, finding that survivors overwhelmingly were unaware of the rights afforded to them in the

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