Leading Violence Against Women and Girls organisations issue urgent joint letter to Government highlighting the ongoing recruitment and retention crisis in the sector familylaw.co.uk/news_and_comme…

Our hearts are with Kulsuma Akter's loved ones.

We are outraged that the accused was granted bail despite having assaulted and threatened to kill her. Her homicide is another example of women being let down due to systemic failure to treat MVAWG with the seriousness it deserves.

We are appalled at the police and CPS response, which illustrates why our criminal justice system is not fit for purpose in its failure to distinguish between victims and perpetrators.

We stand in support of Selma Taha and Southall Black Sisters

We are concerned about proposals for new social housing allocation policies which will severely limit the ability of survivors to flee abuse & other forms of VAWG. Without safe, affordable housing, survivors are often forced into homelessness or returning to their abuser.

There no words that do justice to the impact that #EvanStark had. Quite simply, he 'got' domestic abuse, defining coercive control, & was the most entertaining speaker. He made us both laugh & listen, & had queues of people wanting to meet him at Women's Aid conference. A legend.

After six weeks of questions and campaigning RISE has received no assurances from the Labour-led administration at Brighton and Hove Council that cuts to RISE will be withdrawn.

What can you do? Find out here 👉 ow.ly/e6FC50QVocr #SaveRISE

The polarising debates surrounding parental alienation are particularly difficult to navigate because they have become unnecessarily confused by the application of pseudoscience.

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Excited to hear from policy expert Lucy Rose Hadley at today’s Tackling Domestic Abuse Conference and to get some informative legislative updates! 💡 #DomesticAbuseWM

Our incredible survivor ambassador Claire Throssell MBE is in the Daily Mail Online today calling for safe child contact in the family courts. Her petition is close to the target – please help her reach it by signing here ➡️ you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/chil…

[1/3] Our new guide to meaningful survivor engagement created in collaboration with our sisters WelshWomensAid, Scottish Women's Aid, Women's Aid NI & @imkaan provides support for organisations working with survivors, to help amplify their voices & experience: ow.ly/cH1U50QT3Gy

During today's #PMQs , Speaker Lindsay Hoyle ignored Diane Abbott who repeatedly stood to ask a question. Britain's first Black woman MP being disrespected in the House of Commons, as news emerged of the Tory Party's biggest donor saying she should be shot, is most concerning.

Join our Head of Policy, Lucy Hadley, at Westminster Insight’s Tackling Domestic Abuse Conference next Tuesday, where she'll discuss legislative updates to the Government’s Domestic Abuse Plan, #VAWG strategy & more: westminsterinsight.com/events/tacklin… (20% discount code: SPKR4180)
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Chronic underfunding of departmental spending has led to crumbling services. A growing proportion of people are not satisfied with the way councils run things, with crown court cases building up and crime victims increasingly not satisfied with the police... 🧵

We are disappointed in the lack of funding for lifesaving domestic abuse services in today’s #Budget2024 . This will leave services vulnerable, with by and for services the hardest hit, while survivors continue to face a postcode lottery to access support.bit.ly/3P7BYCF

The VAWG sector has long been advocating for compulsory domestic abuse training for police officers & staff working in the criminal justice system.

Specialist women's organisations should be involved in designing and delivering any plans to tackle VAWG.

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At least 350 women have been killed by a man since the murder of Sarah Everard – the equivalent of one woman dying every three days.
Jhiselle Feanny, co-founder of Killed Women, described the latest figures as 'devastating'.
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We are calling on Jeremy Hunt to prioritise funding for lifesaving #DomesticAbuse services to prevent them from being left behind in April 2025. Read our letter with Imkaan, Rape Crisis England & Wales, Respect, EVAW Coalition, Womens Resource Centre & WelshWomensAid here: ow.ly/6qfX50QKGJQ

Together with Trades Union Congress, Fawcett Society, Runnymede Trust & other women's orgs we're calling on the Chancellor to prioritise much-needed investment in our vital public services over tax cuts. We simply cannot afford not to invest. Alexandra Topping for The Guardian theguardian.com/society/2024/f…