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In this library you will find our latest press releases, statements and blogs. Please contact us for expert interview, comment, analysis and data. We have a wealth of experience speaking on television and radio, advising documentary makers, and speaking at national conferences and events.
SafeLives welcomes the Government’s new Violence Against Women and Girls strategy and its commitment to halve VAWG within a decade. That ambition is urgently needed. But it will only be realised if action is sustained, joined up across government, and properly resourced.
Racism and Islamophobia are making adult and child survivors less safe. Our CADA partners tell us some clients feel so intimidated in their communities that they’ve returned to abusive partners because the streets outside feel more dangerous. Hostile rhetoric and public displays are fuelling fear, not safety.
Our statement on new laws tackling porn that depicts strangulation: why this change protects adult and child survivors, how normalisation harms young people, and what happens next. Includes details of our partnership with IFAS, specialist NFS training, and Take A Breath project with Changemakers.
Joint report into the response to child sexual abuse presents a clear call for improved multi-agency working. Read the full report here.
New CPS data reveals ongoing challenges for domestic abuse survivors. SafeLives urges for empathetic police response and comprehensive support beyond criminal justice.
Becky Meakin, Shaping Our Lives, shines a light on those left unprotected from coercion and control when abused by a family member. Read about the gaps in UK criminal law.
SafeLives welcomes HMCPSI and HMICFRS report on evidence led domestic abuse cases, but calls in Government to fund cultural change domestic abuse training
Domestic abuse perpetrator intervention, Drive (a partnership between SafeLives, Respect and Social Finance) and over 70 signatories call on the Government to invest in a perpetrator strategy, as new research shows the potential of perpetrator programmes to cut violent crime and keep victims and families safe.
Cyrene Siriwardhana, Surviving Economic Abuse, explains why SEA are calling for legislation on controlling or coercive behaviour to be extended to post- separation.
Ngozi Fulani, Head of Service at Sistah Space and an Idva, explains where Sistah Space began and the unique service they offer for black women and girls.
Discover how the Shared Lives model of accommodation for survivors has impacted survivors and professionals. Get involved with your local Shared Lives scheme.
Read our open letter addressing the recent disturbing column by Rod Liddle and its impact on victims and survivors of domestic abuse.
The Parliamentary logjam has broken with a decision for a 12th December election. This is still to be ratified by the Lords, but Parliament is likely to rise at the end of Tuesday.
SafeLives and our partner On Our Radar have been awarded funding by Comic Relief to develop a digital platform where young people with experience of domestic abuse will be able to safely share their stories and enable them to recognise abusive behaviour in their relationships.
Fiona McMullen, ASSIST, talks about training Wheatley Housing Group in Scotland, and the unique position housing associations have in reaching victims of domestic abuse.
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