Women’s Aid responds to Baroness Louise Casey’s report on the Met police
Women’s Aid responds to Baroness Louise Casey’s report on the Met police Lucy Hadley, Head of Policy at Women’s Aid said: “Baroness Casey has found that the Met is…
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Women’s Aid responds to police recruitment with links to domestic abuse
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…
Women’s Aid respond to plans to remove officers guilty of misconduct from police forces
Women’s Aid respond to plans to remove officers guilty of misconduct from police forces Isabelle Younane, Head of External Affairs at Women’s Aid, said: “Women’s Aid welcomes reforms to policing…
Safe blog: It’s time to flip the sexist script
…supposedly unstable, over-emotional or hysterical. Labels of being mentally unwell overshadowed many of the survivors’ experiences of external responses to domestic abuse (including in court, in interactions with the police…
Women’s Aid respond to findings of the British Transport Police Authority’s annual report showing an increase in crimes against women and girls
Women’s Aid respond to findings of the British Transport Police Authority’s annual report showing an increase in crimes against women and girls Sarika Seshadri, Head of Research and Evaluation at…
Women’s Aid respond to policing reforms announced by Home Secretary
…needed to rebuild public trust in the institution that is supposed to protect us and instil confidence in their responses. However, today’s announcement does not do enough to address deep-rooted…
Myths about domestic abuse
…2023, data supplied from 28 police forces showed that the victim was female in 73.5% of domestic abuse-related crimes recorded by the police, compared with 26.5% of domestic abuse-related crimes…
Women’s Aid responds to ONS crime statistics for year ending Dec 2020
…the police have increased over the previous year, which continues a trend likely to reflect improved recording. With around only one in five women reporting abuse to the police (ONS…
Three years following the passing of the Domestic Abuse Act, how much progress have we made in tackling domestic abuse?
…to domestic abuse. It also demands increased leadership accountability to address the police, health, and welfare responses to domestic abuse, working in partnership with specialist organisations and backed by sufficient…
An insight into the unique value that specialist domestic abuse services provide to survivors and society
…services work to continually improve understandings of and responses to domestic abuse across society, keeping communities safe and saving money. They advocate for survivors to receive the holistic and longer-term…