Survivors of domestic common assault only given six months to report it to the police – or face it ‘timing out’
Three organisations have launched a campaign to extend the time allotted to 18 months.
Three organisations have launched a campaign to extend the time allotted to 18 months.
The strategy fails to address the root cause of misogyny – male violence against women.
Campaigners are calling for the government to protect lifesaving women’s domestic abuse services.
Support services are stretched to the limit – and too many people are likely to fall through the cracks, writes Natalie Bennett.
Migrant victims of abuse are left out of the forthcoming changes to the domestic violence bill
Domestic abuse helplines have seen a huge increase in calls since lockdown began
Leader of Women’s Equality Party Mandu Reid says funding to help women must be ring-fenced
Every year in this country, millions of women and girls are subjected to harassment, sexual violence, and domestic abuse.
It’s not the government’s place to dictate how many children lower income families can have.
England is now short of 2000 refuge beds for women who have suffered domestic violence.