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