17th August 2022
Posts tagged "violence against women and girls"
26th November 2018
For girls to fulfil their potential, we need to understand the whole picture
Yesterday was International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, and marked the start of 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence. We know that empowered and free, girls can live the lives they want; carving out careers and the economic independence to make their own decisions, loving who they want and how they want. And yet, in the UK, we’re obscuring our ability to help girls achieve this huge potential – often through our own very good intentions.
25th October 2017
Why men and women must work together to end domestic abuse
In the wake of #MeToo, a powerful reminder of just how dangerous, threatening and downright exhausting the world can be for women, I didn’t think I’d find myself writing a blog post in defence of men – and yet here we are.
This week the conversation around men working in the domestic abuse sector has come to the surface once again. I want to explain why I think that men have to be part of the solution, and therefore must be part of the sector.
24th November 2016
Why we still need specific provision to keep women and girls safe
In May this year, the Big Lottery Fund awarded £45 million to services for ‘Women and Girls’. Within this, they made a grant of £5.75m to a partnership between SafeLives and Women’s Aid. Both organisations are committed to making the lives of women safer, independent, and equal.
8th March 2016
The Government’s new Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy is an important moment – abuse isn’t straightforward and women need both early intervention and crisis support to be available
Today is International Women’s Day. It’s also the day the Government publishes its refreshed strategy to tackle violence against women and girls.