The barriers making survivors’ journeys to safety more difficult and dangerous A Safe blog 17th June 2025: Through dedicated support and advocacy, Women’s Aid’s No Woman Turned Away Project (NWTA) supports women and their children fleeing domestic abuse who face barriers when trying to access a safe place to stay. Our Nowhere to Turn 2025 […]
What it costs to flee abuse and stay safe By Harriette Drew, Senior Policy Officer A common myth about domestic abuse is: ‘If it was really that bad, she’d leave’. This completely misses the obstacles survivors face. Even once a woman has made up her mind to leave – which can itself be very difficult
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An insight into the unique value that specialist domestic abuse services provide to survivors and society By Phoebe Nicholson-Pallett, Research and Evaluation Officer As part of our Annual Audit 2024, Women’s Aid heard from 104 domestic abuse organisations [1], with the aim of better understanding the unique value that specialist services offer to survivors of
Who is missing in the data? What the available data on domestic abuse does and doesn’t tell us about women’s experiences When it comes to responding to crime, it can be said with certainty that data matters – it matters when it comes to establishing who is most vulnerable, who the likely perpetrators are,
To read the report by the ONS in full click here. To read Women’s Aid’s analysis of the findings click here. Why the definition of refuge matters Sarika Seshadri, Head of Research and Evaluation “For those three weeks, I didn’t eat anything. I was breastfeeding. And it was COVID, and the hotel didn’t give
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KvK – a retreat from progress in the family courts? In June 2020 the Ministry of Justice published the Harm Panel Report, following an inquiry into risks of harm and the family courts in England and Wales. The report identified deep-seated, systemic problems with how domestic abuse is responded to in family court proceedings. Courts
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The cost of living crisis is pushing domestic abuse services to breaking point Women’s Aid and ITV have highlighted this week that the cost of living crisis is having a significant effect on specialist support services working with survivors of domestic abuse. New research from Women’s Aid has revealed the impact of the crisis on
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The cost of living is preventing women from fleeing domestic abuse Almost all survivors (96%) responding had seen a negative impact on the amount of money available to them as a result of cost of living increases. Two thirds (66%) of survivors told us that abusers are now using the cost of living increase and
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A year in focus – the annual audit of domestic abuse services in England Today we have published The Domestic Abuse Report: the Annual Audit 2022, looking at the work of domestic services in England and the experiences of women who use them. We found over a third (35.1%) of service users reported feeling depressed
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Survivors deserve to be heard: The reality of the barriers to mental health support A Safe Blog by Lizzie McCarthy and Jenny Birchall, Women’s Aid 6th December 2021: Today, Women’s Aid has published two reports as part of our Deserve To Be Heard campaign. This campaign aims to highlight the devastating impact of domestic abuse on the mental health of women
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