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New research reveals need for flexible, tailored support for domestic abuse survivors

Women's Aid News, Women's Aid Responses / Jess Milton

New research reveals need for flexible, tailored support for domestic abuse survivors A four-year evaluation led by academics at the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan), in partnership with Bangor University, the University of East London and Manchester Metropolitan University, has revealed the need for flexible domestic violence and abuse services that are more tailored […]

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Women’s Aid respond to the whole life sentencing of Wayne Couzens for the murder of Sarah Everard in March 2021

Women's Aid News, Women's Aid Responses / Jess Milton

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

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#SaySabinasName: Women’s Aid call for justice

Key Statements, Women's Aid Responses / Jess Milton

#SaySabinasName: Women’s Aid call for justice “The death of Sabina Nessa is devastating and it is appalling that she was yet another woman who could not safely walk home. Women should be safe wherever they are, at home and in public, and this requires a whole system approach by the UK Government to address the

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Women’s Aid responds to behaviours shown on Married at First Sight UK

Women's Aid News, Women's Aid Responses / Jess Milton

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 publishes updated figures on the annual investment needed to fund the domestic abuse support sector

Blog / Angharad

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

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Women’s Aid respond to the government’s introduction of new online tool ‘StreetSafe’

Women's Aid News, Women's Aid Responses / Jess Milton

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 respond to the joint policing report: A duty to protect

Women's Aid News / Angharad

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

Women's Aid News / Angharad

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

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Women’s Aid responds to University of London study: Abusive messages impact on survivors’ mental health

Women's Aid News / Angharad

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

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Women’s Aid respond to government’s Violence against Women and Girls strategy

Women's Aid News / Angharad

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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