…specialist services run ‘by and for’ Black and minoritised women. For example, specialist services for Black and minoritised women were more likely to report issues recruiting staff and more than…
…prosecuted in the UK; b. protecting survivors without secure immigration status; c. ensuring adequate provision of, and access to, specialist services. (4) Ensure survivors can access their right to vote…
…352 professional and expert organisations and 764 individual experts and professionals internationally (Collective memo to WHO). Despite fierce opposition to the memo by the PA lobby, in September 2019 WHO…
…the price – unable to access specialist support when they need it – with specialist domestic abuse services struggling to stay open. Abuse costs us all but it shouldn’t cost…
Women’s Aid responds to report on domestic homicides and suspected victim suicides Tuesday 6th December 2022 This week, the national Domestic Homicide Project published their report ‘Domestic Homicides and…
…as to local communities and society. This includes specialist ‘By & For’ services that are run by and for particular groups of marginalised women. We found that specialist domestic abuse…
Funding specialist support for domestic abuse survivors Funding life-saving specialist domestic abuse support services, will cost £393 million per year. This investment would be a fraction of the estimated £66…
…April 2025. The letter sets out the multiple funding crises facing specialist services supporting women and children experiencing domestic abuse, sexual violence, forced marriage, ‘honour-based’ abuse and other forms…
…to large, generic services that are ill-equipped to provide the expert support that survivors urgently need. Womens specialist services understand and actually address the needs of survivors. They grew from…
…responding to survivors’ mental health must work in a trauma-informed way. Greater partnership work between health services and specialist domestic abuse services and specialist training of healthcare professionals are key…
