Women’s Aid responds to Ask for Ani codeword launch Nicki Norman, acting chief executive at Women’s Aid, said “Following the ‘Mask 19’ initiative in Spain and other European countries – where women can use a codeword to alert pharmacies about domestic abuse – the UK government is launching a similar approach. Survivors will be able to […]
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Farah Nazeer is announced as Women’s Aid new chief executive Farah Nazeer has been announced as the new chief executive of Women’s Aid and will take up her position on 1 March 2021. A charity executive with over 20 years of director-level experience, Farah is passionate about women’s rights. She has worked on women’s rights and gender issues
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How Covid-19 is impacting domestic abuse reports to the police Covid-19 and its associated restrictions are making leaving – and reporting – an abusive relationship more difficult. Katrin Hohl and Kelly Johnson share the preliminary findings of their research into how lockdowns make reporting to the police harder, alongside their recommendations for forces to prepare
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Research Integrity Framework (RIF) for Domestic Violence and Abuse (DVA) Increasingly over recent years questions of research ethics and governance have been considered within the framework of Research Integrity. For many in academic contexts this means expanding our thoughts about what is ethical in research to what is also ethical in the research environment, including
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Why data matters when talking about domestic abuse By Acting CEO of Women’s Aid, Nicki Norman Today on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, I want to talk about the importance of listening to the data and providing a gendered response to domestic abuse. And with new ONS figures out today
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Parental alienation and the family courts Dr Adrienne Barnett writes our first guest post for Safe, our new online research blog. She explores how claims of parental alienation in the family courts are being used as means to silence victims of domestic abuse. Published: 28th April 2020 Dr Adrienne Barnett is a Senior Lecturer in
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Landmark win for Women’s Aid’s Child First campaign with changes announced to make child contact safer Friday 15th September 2017 Following Women’s Aid’s Child First campaign, changes to the guidance given to judges in child contact cases when there is an allegation of domestic abuse, have been announced by Sir James Munby, President of the
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Landmark win gives survivors their voice back but Women’s Aid calls on government to make right to vote in safety a reality for life Women’s Aid is proud to have worked in partnership with the courageous Mehala Osborne and 38 Degrees to bring the issue of Anonymous Voter Registration onto the political agenda; meaning survivors
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