Category: Newyddion

WWA Welcome Letter – National Advisors

A Duty to Support: ‘Postcode lottery’ of support for Children and Young People experiencing violence and abuse in Wales leads to calls for an urgent review. ‘Postcode lottery’ of support for Children and Young People experiencing violence and abuse in Wales leads to calls for an urgent review  A new report launched today (27.06.22) has identified a […]

Today 24/05/22 Welsh Government published the Violence against Women, Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence Strategy for 2022-2026.   This is a long-awaited document for survivors, the specialist VAWG sector, and all those who support and collaborate with us. Since Welsh Government first published the VAWDASV Act in 2015 over 50 women have lost their lives […]

Welsh Women’s Aid is an intersectional feminist organisation working to eliminate violence against women and girls, domestic abuse, and sexual violence. Our vision is a world in which all individuals live free from all forms of violence, abuse, and oppression. We strive to work alongside sister organisations and specialist organisations that share our vision and […]

Welsh Women’s Aid are delighted to launch the 2022 Edition of the National Quality Service Standards (NQSS)  The National Quality Service Standards form a set of accredited criteria against which Welsh specialist domestic abuse services are assessed, to ensure they provide the type of holistic, safe, high-quality and effective service provision necessary to enable survivors […]

Girls and young women should be able to access education without the fear that they will be harassed by peers, teachers lecturers, or others. The Estyn “We don’t tell our teachers” report published today, horrifyingly shows that this is not the case. It highlights that our schools sadly reflect the wider society they are situated within, […]

Our thoughts today are with the loved ones of Wenjing Lin. We are horrified that yet another life has been taken at the hands of male violence and devastated to witness the grief of another family- we hope that following the sentencing of her murderer today, they will be able to access the holistic support […]

Today we launched our annual State of the Sector report. As with most years, we began by taking a close look at our annual membership data, and few key things stood out: There was a 22% increase in the number of survivors who could not be supported by the refuge due to the lack of […]

We have all been horrified in recent weeks following the news of Sabina Nessa and Sarah Everard. Violence against women and girls is an epidemic problem that is not being addressed with the urgency and seriousness that it so desperately needs. This year alone, at least eight women in Wales are suspected to have been […]

Girls and young women should be able to access education without the fear that they will be harassed by peers, by teachers or lecturers, or others.   They should not have to be taught to stand up to their peers who are abusing them. We should be ensuring that our schools and colleges promote a culture where sexual harassment […]

This week, the UK Government launched its’ Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) Strategy. In our response to the call for evidence for this Strategy, we made several key recommendations and emphasised how collective action should be ambitious in achieving its aims. We welcome parts of the Strategy, such as a renewed focus on prevention […]