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Report: Staff Are Occupying Northern Ireland’s Only Women’s Hostel to Stop It Being Shut Down

by 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

by 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.

A woman is held to the floor by a number of police officers

Opinion: The Police Are the Domestic Abusers of the Nation

by 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.

a group of women of colour hold a banner at a protest that reads: Black services for Black survivors

Opinion: The Tories Are Abandoning Migrant Women to Domestic Abuse

by 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.

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Opinion: Labour’s Silence on Apsana Begum Shows How Morally Bankrupt the Party Has Become

by 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

by 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

by 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

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.

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.

Tag: domestic abuse

Report: Staff Are Occupying Northern Ireland’s Only Women’s Hostel to Stop It Being Shut Down

by Anna Cafolla

Opinion: Underfunding Women’s Refuges is State Violence

by Craig Gent

Opinion: The Police Are the Domestic Abusers of the Nation

by Shanice McBean

Opinion: Labour’s Silence on Apsana Begum Shows How Morally Bankrupt the Party Has Become

by Joshua Kelly and Sam Green

Report: The Women Who Can’t Strike Today Are Exactly Why We Must

by Sophie K Rosa

Report: How Universal Credit Is Exacerbating Financial Abuse Under Lockdown

by Lucy Whitehouse

Domestic Abuse Refuges Need Proper Funding – Not a Social Media Campaign

by Jessie Williams

GE2019: I Support Survivors of Gender-Based Violence. Here’s Why I Can’t Vote for the Tories

by Ammaarah Zayna

Domestic Violence or Deportation? The Migrant Women Forced to Choose

by Niamh McIntyre

Cold Comfort: How the ‘Hostile Environment’ Reinforces Violence Against Women

by Dr J

Funding for London’s BME Refuges Slashed by Half in 7 Years

by Niamh McIntyre