Women’s Aid

Are you still processing 2020? Us too. How has it been five years since lockdown? We spoke to the experts to find out why we feel so lost right now, and what to do about it.

‘By the time lockdown lifted, it was like emerging from under a rock. Even getting in contact with old friends, their lives had changed so much.’ Read more from Ella as she bravely shares her story about being trapped with her abuser during Lockdown.

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Child First: Safe Child Contact Saves Lives No parent should have to hold their children and comfort them as they die, or be told that their child has been harmed by someone who is supposed to love them. But that’s exactly what I had to experie...

(3/3) Claire’s sons, Jack and Paul, lost their lives because contact was granted despite disclosure of domestic abuse - We won’t stop fighting for the culture change urgently needed and call on the government to urgently remove the presumption of contact. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ch...

(2/3) Since our Child First Campaign began, we, alongside @clairethrossell, have been calling to make the family court process safer for women and child survivors.

Pleased to have supported @marietidball.bsky.social l and the incredible @clairethrossell, alongside @right2equality.bsky.social, at an event in Parliament on Tuesday, on the overdue need to remove the presumption of contact to ensure children's safety. Sign Claire’s petition here: ow.ly/mUfZ50Vqiiv

Cuts to Social Security for Disabled Women Together with other women's organisations, we've written to the Chancellor to express concerns about cuts to disability benefits

Together with @womensbudgetgrp.bsky.social and other women's organisations, we've written to the Chancellor to express concerns about cuts to disability benefits: www.wbg.org.uk/article/cuts...

Social media is being used as a weapon to endanger women and girls, and platforms cannot be left to mark their own homework; we need strong state regulations to protect everyone from online harm, especially women, children, and young people. www.bigissue.com/news/social-...

Sign your name to our open letter calling on the Prime Minister to invest in specialist domestic abuse services Dear Prime Minister, I am writing to you on behalf of Women’s Aid, and signatories of this letter, asking you to provide sustainable funding for the lifesaving specialist domestic abuse services that ...

You can sign our open letter to the Prime Minister, calling on the government to commit to invest in the protection of children and young survivors by investing in domestic abuse services and introducing a children and young people (CYP) support fund: takeaction.womensaid.org.uk/openletter

Our CEO Farah Nazeer highlights how support for children & young people has been affected by chronic underfunding of the violence against women & girls services at the CommonsPAC session on tackling VAWG. Domestic abuse services are essential to recognising children as survivors in their own right.

Thank you @joshbabarinde.bsky.social for joining us in recognising domestic abuse as a national emergency and calling on the government to implement a justice system that protects survivors.

Women’s Aid are pleased to support @joshbabarinde.bsky.social’s Bill to introduce domestic abuse aggravated offences, so that the experiences of survivors are properly honoured in the criminal justice proceedings.

Sadly, this story isn’t fiction for many women and children. But with your help we can rewrite it.

Sign our open letter to the Prime Minister TODAY: bit.ly/TakeActionWo...

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