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Cuts to local councils have meant fewer domestic violence workers, fewer refuges and fewer options for women to […]

Women are hardest hit by the government’s austerity agenda too. I know that access to justice is a particular concern. Restrictions made […]

She had stern words for “a government determined to target the most vulnerable: those who died shortly after being pronounced ‘fit to […]

After her father had left them, it was her mother who was marginalised and then abused by a local business man. Ms Shah herself was thrown into a forced marriage. Having escaped from her […]

UNISON women’s conference applauds survivor’s tale of domestic violence

The government “wants us to give in, give up and go quietly,” said Ms Lewis. “But we’re not giving in and […]

In 2015 the government brought in many legislative changes related to FGM including mandatory reporting and mandatory […]