
Women's Aid
@womensaid
Women's Aid is the national charity working to end domestic abuse against women & children.
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http://www.womensaid.org.uk 16-02-2009 13:35:32
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āMany of our member services, including specialist āby and forā VAWG organisations, already operate on shoestring budgets. Now, they face additional annual costsā¦ā This will have a devastating impact on the smallest charities. Read our full statement- womensaid.org.uk/womens-aid-resā¦

Together with Women's Budget Group and other women's organisations, we've written to the Chancellor to express concerns about cuts to disability benefits: wbg.org.uk/article/cuts-tā¦

As Secretariat for the APPG Domestic Violence & Abuse itās great to see the work of the APPG to support survivors in the workplace in the second reading of the Employment Rights Bill. We are also supporting Alex McIntyre - Gloucester's MP private members bill calling for paid leave for survivors

Thank you Rebecca Paul MP for raising the important issue of public trust in the response to domestic abuse. Coercion and control is at the heart of domestic abuse and without effective safeguards, the Assisted Dying Bill could put survivors in an increased vulnerable position

āBy 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.ā Read more from Ella as she bravely shares her story about being trapped with her abuser during Lockdown. cosmopolitan.com/uk/reports/a64ā¦



Great to see @KirithEntwistle raise the need for disaggregated domestic abuse data in Parliament today, we are proud to have supported Kirithās question. And amazing to hear Lucy Powell MP, Leader of the House of Commonās echo our campaign by calling VAWG a ānational emergencyā.

