Women’s Aid respond to the whole life sentencing of Wayne Couzens for the murder of Sarah Everard in March 2021 Farah Nazeer, Chief Executive of Women’s Aid said: “Today Wayne Couzens was rightly sentenced to whole life imprisonment for the murder of Sarah Everard. He was a serving Metropolitan police officer who abused his […]
Women’s Aid responds to behaviours shown on Married at First Sight UK Last night, we became increasingly concerned about displays of controlling and coercive behaviour in Channel 4’s Married at First Sight. We have received complaints that the relationship shown on screen between contestants, Franky and Marilyse, is both shocking and disturbing. Viewers saw
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Women’s Aid respond to new report by HMICFRS A new report by HMICFRS (Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services) has said that fundamental cross-system change is urgently needed to tackle an epidemic of violence against women and girls (VAWG) and that the issue must be given much higher priority. Although
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All survivors Deserve To Be Heard Women’s Aid launch new mental health campaign to ensure the mental health needs of survivors are listened to and responded to effectively. Join the campaign. Farah Nazeer, CEO at Women’s Aid, said: “Melanie Brown, survivor and Women’s Aid patron, experienced long-term coercive control during her ten-year marriage. Even years on,
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Women’s Aid publishes updated figures on the annual investment needed to fund the domestic abuse support sector in England The national annual cost is estimated at £409m In 2019 Women’s Aid produced a national assessment of the investment needed annually to fund the domestic abuse support sector, Funding specialist support for domestic abuse survivors (1). These estimates were based on the
Women’s Aid respond to the government’s introduction of new online tool ‘StreetSafe’ The government’s introduction of a new online tool – ‘StreetSafe’ – represents a welcome effort to improve protection and support for women and girls in light of the ongoing threat of male violence that they face on a day to day basis.
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Women’s Aid responded to the joint policing report: A duty to protect 24th August 2021: Farah Nazeer, Chief Executive at Women’s Aid has responded to the joint policing report, which identified ‘worryingly low’ levels of confidence in the police among female survivors published: “This report confirms what survivors have long been telling us –
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Women’s Aid respond to the National Policing Vulnerability Knowledge and Practice Programme (VKPP) Domestic Homicide Report 2020 – 2021 Farah Nazeer, chief executive of Women’s Aid, said: “We mourn the loss of all of those who have died as a result of domestic homicide during the past year, as we do every year. The
Women’s Aid responds to University of London study: Abusive messages impact on survivors’ mental health Today, The University of London published a new study exploring the impact of abusive messages on survivors’ mental health. The study suggests receiving threatening messaging is common in the context of intimate partner violence and explores the long term
Women’s Aid respond to government’s Violence against Women and Girls strategy Women’s Aid has issued our response to the government’s Violence against Women and Girls Strategy, which has been published today. Lucy Hadley, Women’s Aid Head of Policy & Campaigns said: “Women’s Aid welcomes the government’s ambition to improve protection and support for women
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