Category: Newyddion

Welsh Women’s Aid welcomes UK Government’s announcement to exempt domestic abuse refuges from planned welfare reforms, to coincide with our ‘state of the sector’ report being published today. On behalf of refuge services across Wales, Welsh Women’s Aid welcomes the announcement this morning that domestic abuse refuges will be exempt from the Local Housing Allowance […]

Welsh Women’s Aid statement in response to the Crown Prosecution Service Violence Against Women and Girls crime report 2015-16 Welsh Women’s Aid welcomes the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) report published today, Tuesday 6 September 2016, which shows that the volume of violence against women and girls (VAWG) crimes prosecuted rose by almost 10% to 117,568 […]

HEADLINE: WELFARE CHANGES WILL FORCE 69% OF REFUGES IN WALES TO CLOSE The leading national domestic abuse charities Welsh Women’s Aid and Women’s Aid England have today released startling new statistics showing that 69% of refuges in Wales will be forced to close, and 100% would not be able to continue with their current level […]

VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN, DOMESTIC ABUSE AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE AWARENESS TRAINING   NORTH WALES Colwyn Women’s Aid, COLWYN BAY. Wednesday 7th September 2016, 9:30-13:00. Colwyn Women’s Aid, Metropole Buildings, Colwyn Bay, Conwy, LL29 8LG.   SOUTH WALES Welsh Women’s Aid, CARDIFF. Wednesday 7th September 2016, 9:30-13:00. Pendragon House, Caxton Place, Pentwyn, Cardiff, CF23 8XE. What is […]

The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) is investigating South Wales Police contact with a woman in Cardiff who suffered a violent assault by her then boyfriend Craig Thomas in 2013. Mr Thomas was sentenced in December 2013 to 10 years’ imprisonment for violent offences against the woman concerned. The IPCC’s investigation comes after a complaint […]

Welsh Women’s Aid have prepared a briefing on the recent Wales elections and Queens Speech detailing the makeup of the Assembly, the new cabinet and their responsibilities, the PCC election results and the relevant UK legislation outlined in the recent Queen’s Speech. Please click here for a copy of the briefing.

Scottish Women’s Aid, Welsh Women’s Aid, Women’s Aid Federation of England and Women’s Aid Federation of Northern Ireland have joined the Women Against Violence Europe (WAVE) Step up! Campaign, launched on 25th May. Step Up! calls on national and international decision-makers to promote and protect the rights of women survivors of violence, and their children, […]

The Cross Party Group on Violence against Women and Children has produced a summary of the legacy of the work of Group to date, and an overview of the recommendations made by Group members for the work of this group from 2016, thus providing a useful starting point for the successor chair(s). Welsh Women’s Aid […]

IPCC report critical on conduct of Gwent Police in the case of Christine Evans, stabbed by her ex-partner Martin Bowen, from Newport, was jailed for eight years in 2014 for beating and stabbing his ex-partner, Christine Evans, in the head, neck and chest during a brutal and ‘sustained’ attack in July 2014, which remarkably, she […]

The National Assembly for Wales 2016/17 budget was agreed on the 8th of March and includes protection for the Supporting People budget, which funds refuge and floating support services in Wales. Welsh Women’s Aid gave evidence to the committee scrutinising the budget, and we are pleased that the budget has been amended from its original version […]

Welsh Women’s Aid is celebrating this year’s International Women’s Day by joining the WAVE Step Up! Campaign, due to launch in coming months, with other organisations across Europe, to raise awareness about violence against women and call for the protection of, and improved access to, specialist services that support women and children in need. This […]

Professor Evan Stark, who conceptualised coercive control and advised the UK Government on its recent criminalisation, is leading two-day event to examine how public services and other professionals should identify and respond to coercive control in Wales. This two day event, organised by Welsh Women’s Aid and sponsored by the South Wales Police and Crime […]

Welsh Women’s Aid has for many years been calling for public services, including the police, to address perpetrator behaviour as a route to protecting victims, but this must be done in a way that ensures the needs and safety of women and children are paramount. Most importantly, it is critical that perpetrator work is funded […]

Spaces are available – Free Public Lecture on ”Reframing Violence Against Black and Minority Ethnic Women and Girls”. Friday, 11th March 2016, 4 -6pm at Shandon Lecture Theatre, Cardiff University (Main Building, Park Place) CF10 3AT. Please click here to view the leaflet of the event for details. We would be grateful if you could join […]

“Coercive control is a strategic course of conduct designed to dominate a partner through a pattern of physical and sexual coercion, intimidation, exploitation, isolation, regulation and the deprivation of basic rights and liberties … Ironically, as abuse continues and a victim’s entrapment becomes more comprehensive, the service response often becomes more perfunctory.” (Coercive control; how […]

by Eleri Butler, Chief Executive at Welsh Women’s Aid Not everyone knows we have our very own Valentine’s Day in Wales. St Dwynwen, Wales’ patron saint of lovers, is commemorated on 25 January each year, when people across Wales are encouraged to celebrate their loving, caring partnerships. Even less people probably know that, behind the […]