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Dr Marsha Scott

@swaceo

Chief Executive at Scottish Women's Aid. Women's inequality is the cause and consequence of violence against women, or, It's the patriarchy, stupid.

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Whether it’s a 5k or a marathon, join thousands of people running at the Edinburgh Marathon Festival in May 2025. You can help support our vital work to end domestic abuse in Scotland and create change that lasts for women, children and young people. Register now:

Whether it’s a 5k or a marathon, join thousands of people running at the Edinburgh Marathon Festival in May 2025. You can help support our vital work to end domestic abuse in Scotland and create change that lasts for women, children and young people. Register now:
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📣Please share to raise awareness. Scotland's Domestic Abuse & Forced Marriage helpline is open as normal over the Christmas period - 24/7💜 📞0800 027 1234 💻Email & web chat: sdafmh.org.uk 📱Text/WhatsApp 07401 288 595

📣Please share to raise awareness. 

Scotland's Domestic Abuse & Forced Marriage helpline is open as normal over the Christmas period - 24/7💜
 
📞0800 027 1234
💻Email & web chat: sdafmh.org.uk 
📱Text/WhatsApp 07401 288 595
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Domestic abuse isn’t always physical; it can include controlling behaviour, emotional manipulation, economic abuse and more. Scotland's Domestic Abuse & Forced Marriage Helpline is open 24/7. 📞 0800 027 1234 📱 Text/WhatsApp 07401 288 595 💻 sdafmh.org.uk

Domestic abuse isn’t always physical; it can include controlling behaviour, emotional manipulation, economic abuse and more. Scotland's Domestic Abuse & Forced Marriage Helpline is open 24/7.

📞 0800 027 1234
📱 Text/WhatsApp 07401 288 595
💻 sdafmh.org.uk
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If your New Year’s resolution was to talk to someone safe about your situation, we’re here 24/7. You’ll be glad you called. Or texted. Or WhatsApp-ed. Or emailed.

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We know that when you're experiencing domestic abuse it can feel like you're totally alone. We want you to know we're here for you, 24/7. Scotland's Domestic Abuse & Forced Marriage Helpline: 0800 027 1234 Email & web chat: sdafmh.org.uk Text/WhatsApp 07401 288 595

We know that when you're experiencing domestic abuse it can feel like you're totally alone. We want you to know we're here for you, 24/7. 

Scotland's Domestic Abuse & Forced Marriage Helpline: 0800 027 1234
Email & web chat: sdafmh.org.uk 
Text/WhatsApp 07401 288 595
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New Blog Post📣 'So I Shouted' is a poignant and deeply moving poem written by a member of our Survivor Reference Group. 💜 🔗Read the poem here: womensaid.scot/so-i-shouted

New Blog Post📣

 'So I Shouted' is a poignant and deeply moving poem written by a member of our Survivor Reference Group. 💜

 🔗Read the poem here: womensaid.scot/so-i-shouted
David Mandel (@davidgmandel) 's Twitter Profile Photo

“When we only validate survivors’ choices that protect against physical violence, like going to a refuge, we ignore and devalue all their safety planning and strategizing around nonviolent threats and potential harms.”

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📢 Join us on Monday, 17 February 2025, for an introduction to Scotland's Domestic Abuse and Forced Marriage Helpline. This free online session is designed specifically for frontline professionals in any setting who may encounter people experiencing domestic abuse or forced

📢 Join us on Monday, 17 February 2025, for an introduction to Scotland's Domestic Abuse and Forced Marriage Helpline.

This free online session is designed specifically for frontline professionals in any setting who may encounter people experiencing domestic abuse or forced
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Fears about contact, resistance to seeing a parent, and estrangement are all in the realm of “reasonable” and “justifiable” responses to a domestic violence perpetrator. 2/

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Every poster in a staff room, every leaflet in a waiting area—these small actions can save lives. 💜 Help us spread the word about Scotland’s Domestic Abuse & Forced Marriage Helpline. Order materials to display in your community, or share digital versions online:

Every poster in a staff room, every leaflet in a waiting area—these small actions can save lives. 💜

Help us spread the word about Scotland’s Domestic Abuse & Forced Marriage Helpline.

Order materials to display in your community, or share digital versions online:
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Are you a Solicitor with 3+ years PQE, preferably in family law? A solicitor is needed to deliver legal information, advice, and representation to women affected by domestic abuse in Orkney and Shetland. Hybrid and flexible working arrangements. 👉ow.ly/Z4su50V3m3n

Are you a Solicitor with 3+ years PQE, preferably in family law? A solicitor is needed to deliver legal information, advice, and representation to women affected by domestic abuse in Orkney and Shetland. Hybrid and flexible working arrangements. 👉ow.ly/Z4su50V3m3n
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Imagine a Scotland where women and children can live free from fear, control, and violence. 💜 Our vision is a Scotland with no domestic abuse—a place where equality, safety, and respect are a reality for all. 🔗 Learn more about our mission and how you can help make this

Imagine a Scotland where women and children can live free from fear, control, and violence. 💜

Our vision is a Scotland with no domestic abuse—a place where equality, safety, and respect are a reality for all.

🔗 Learn more about our mission and how you can help make this
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👶👧 Domestic abuse deeply affects children & young people. Learn how to support them with our expert-led training. 📅 20 March (Online) 🔗 Sign up now: ow.ly/U3PY50V2CWp Ideal for professionals working with children & families. #DomesticAbuse #Training

👶👧 Domestic abuse deeply affects children & young people. Learn how to support them with our expert-led training.

📅 20 March (Online)
🔗 Sign up now: ow.ly/U3PY50V2CWp

Ideal for professionals working with children & families. 

#DomesticAbuse #Training
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We regularly train solicitors about domestic abuse and related issues to ensure survivors can access justice. If you need legal advice, you can use our website to search for solicitors who have completed our training. Find a solicitor near you: bit.ly/SolicitorNetwo…

We regularly train solicitors about domestic abuse and related issues to ensure survivors can access justice.

If you need legal advice, you can use our website to search for solicitors who have completed our training.

Find a solicitor near you: bit.ly/SolicitorNetwo…
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Today's inspirational woman is Fiona Drouet MBE Fiona’s daughter, Emily, tragically took her own life while at University, following a relentless campaign of physical, psychological and sexual abuse by her boyfriend who was later convicted. EmilyTest

Today's inspirational woman is Fiona Drouet MBE
Fiona’s daughter, Emily, tragically took her own life while at University, following a relentless campaign of physical, psychological and sexual abuse by her boyfriend who was later convicted. <a href="/Emilytest12/">EmilyTest</a>
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Scottish Women's Aid CEO, Dr Marsha Scott: ''The reality is that women and girls in Scotland continue to experience horrendous misogyny on a daily basis, and the abandonment of this bill - without any consultation with the sector that worked so hard to help develop it - is

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"There might very well be remedies open to them in the law on the statute books. But if you cannot access a solicitor, then quite often those remedies are meaningless." - Andy Sirel, JustRight Scotland 🧡 Watch the latest meeting in our civil legal aid inquiry: ow.ly/HwTY50VT7zz

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"... you have to wonder how sincere our attempts are not only to keep women safe, in the context of domestic abuse, but to preserve their options so they don't wind up destitute." - Dr Marsha Scott, Scottish Women's Aid on our inquiry into Civil Legal Aid.