Women’s Aid

Leading Violence Against Women and Girls organisations issue urgent joint letter to Government highlighting the ongoing recruitment and retention crisis in the sector  Today, Women’s Aid, alongside 57 sector colleagues, have issued an urgent letter to the Government highlighting the deepening recruitment and retention crisis within the sector, calling for an independent task force to […]

Criminalisation of coercive control reaches eight-year anniversary Today marks the eight-year anniversary of landmark legislation which established coercive and controlling behaviour as a criminal offence in the Serious Crime Act 2015 of England and Wales. Farah Nazeer, chief executive at Women’s Aid, comments:  Criminalising coercive and controlling behaviour, which Women’s Aid campaigned for alongside other

Women’s Aid statement in response to shortened term for the killer of Zara Aleena Sophie Francis-Cansfield, head of external affairs at Women’s Aid, comments:   “It is incredibly disappointing to see that the killer of Zara Aleena has today won an appeal to reduce the minimum term of his life sentence. While the reduction, from

Women’s Aid statement in response to HMI Probation report   Lucy Hadley, Head of Policy at Women’s Aid, said:  ‘These findings are alarming. It is unacceptable that so many women and children are put at risk of further domestic abuse from perpetrators who are on probation.    “The Probation Service has been found to lack understanding

Women’s Aid responds to police recruitment with links to domestic abuse   Farah Nazeer, chief executive of Women’s Aid, said:  “It is appalling that men with a known history of domestic abuse and sex offence have been allowed to become police officers. There has been an increasing spotlight on this issue in light of the

Women’s Aid responds to HMCPSI’s new report into CPS’s handling of domestic abuse cases   Lucy Hadley, head of policy at Women’s Aid said: “Despite commitment to prioritise domestic abuse, serious issues remain with how prosecutors respond to survivors. The court process is traumatic for survivors of abuse and it is vital that all agencies

Women’s Aid responds to the Budget 2023   Farah Nazeer, chief executive at Women’s Aid, said: “We welcome the new funding announced for charities in the budget today, and are hopeful that this will include dedicated financial support for specialist domestic abuse services. However, we are once again disappointed that no explicit named funding has

Women’s Aid responds to police misconduct cases over indecent exposure reports   Lucy Hadley, head of policy at Women’s Aid, said: “These reports are yet another appalling example of police failing women. The fact that inquiries about a police officer committing sexual offences in public were not adequately investigated shows the lack of severity with