Opinion: Losing Your Mind Is a Proportionate Response to the Climate Crisis
Charlie Hertzog Young
Those who buckle in the face of climate collapse are entirely in tune with reality, writes Charlie Hertzog Young.
Tag: domestic abuse
Report: Staff Are Occupying Northern Ireland’s Only Women’s Hostel to Stop It Being Shut Down
Anna Cafolla
Regina Coeli House, Northern Ireland’s only women-only hostel, is facing imminent closure. Its staff, however, aren’t having it. Anna Cafolla reports.
Opinion: Underfunding Women’s Refuges is State Violence
Craig Gent
Partial reforms don’t scratch the surface of a decade-long assault on an entire network of support for women and their children, writes Craig Gent.
Opinion: The Police Are the Domestic Abusers of the Nation
Shanice McBean
When the Met are searching a quarter of Black boys, it’s time to admit that they are abusing us en masse, writes Shanice McBean.
Opinion: The Tories Are Abandoning Migrant Women to Domestic Abuse
Rebekah Pierre
The Domestic Abuse Act, passed in April 2021, was supposedly a “once-in-a-generation opportunity” to protect women – just not the ones who need it most, writes former social worker Rebekah Pierre.
Opinion: Labour’s Silence on Apsana Begum Shows How Morally Bankrupt the Party Has Become
Joshua Kelly and Sam Green
Labour’s near-total silence on Apsana Begum's case suggests the party cares more about its factional alignments than supporting a young survivor of domestic abuse.
Report: The Women Who Can’t Strike Today Are Exactly Why We Must
Sophie K Rosa
The pandemic has shown how women's work is disproportionately underpaid, undervalued and unsafe. On International Women's Day, many have gone on strike, but many more won't be able to. Sophie K Rosa reports.
Report: How Universal Credit Is Exacerbating Financial Abuse Under Lockdown
Lucy Whitehouse
The way that universal credit is paid puts survivors of abuse at increased risk. With lockdown further exacerbating these issues, survivors and activists alike are calling for changes to the system to better protect those in danger, writes Lucy Whitehouse.
Domestic Abuse Refuges Need Proper Funding – Not a Social Media Campaign
Jessie Williams
Domestic abuse campaigners are criticising the government for its tone-deaf response to tackling the rise in domestic violence during lockdown. A social media campaign may make people feel less alone, but what is desperately needed is substantial funding to ensure that all victims are protected, writes Jessie Williams.
GE2019: I Support Survivors of Gender-Based Violence. Here’s Why I Can’t Vote for the Tories
Ammaarah Zayna
Ammaarah Zayna explains why the Tories' policies amount to shutting doors in the faces of some of the most vulnerable women in our society.
Domestic Violence or Deportation? The Migrant Women Forced to Choose
Niamh McIntyre
Many migrants don’t have an automatic right to the protections and spaces most in the UK take for granted. For thousands of migrant women who experience domestic violence every year, it can often come down to a difficult choice - stay in an abusive relationship, or risk being reported to the Home Office.
Cold Comfort: How the ‘Hostile Environment’ Reinforces Violence Against Women
Dr J
The government's 'hostile environment' policy forces health sector workers to act as Home Office informants. As a result, many migrant women are being kept in abusive relationships and denied access to safe abortion services.
Funding for London’s BME Refuges Slashed by Half in 7 Years
Niamh McIntyre
EXCLUSIVE: New data released to Novara Media shows BME women's refuges in London lost between 45% and 52% of their council funding between 2009 and 2016 - much more than was lost by generic services in the same period.