International Day of the Girl: #Future40 Competition
Welsh Women’s Aid launches competition to empower girls to challenge sexism and speak out against harassment and abuse on International Day of the Girl In celebration of International Day of the Girl, Welsh Women’s Aid (WWA) is launching a blog/vlog competition to empower girls and young women across Wales to challenge sexism and to speak […]
The Justice and Equality Fund awards Welsh Women’s Aid over £85,000 for Training
On International Day of the Girl, Welsh Women’s Aid is delighted to announce that they have received £88,484 from the Justice and Equality Fund. The Justice and Equality Fund was set up as a result of the Time’s Up and #MeToo movement, and has awarded more than £1,000,000 to help women who have experienced sexual […]
Forty Voices, Forty Years Touring Exhibition Dates 2018-2019
Over the course of the year, you may have heard Welsh Women’s Aid and the George Ewart Evans Centre for Storytelling talking about a project called Forty Voices, Forty Years. Forty Voices, Forty Years is a heritage project led by Welsh Women’s Aid in collaboration with the George Ewart Evans Centre for Storytelling at the […]
Welsh Women’s Aid welcomes the ratification of the Istanbul Convention in Wales
Welsh Women’s Aid is delighted that the First Minister, Carwyn Jones announced in his speech at the Labour Party Conference that Welsh Government will be ratifying the Istanbul Convention. Welsh Women’s Aid has been calling for the implementation of the convention in Wales in line with the Welsh Governments competency areas as well as campaigning […]
Welsh Women’s Aid response to data released by BBC on the use of Domestic Violence Protection Notices (DVPNs) and Domestic Violence Protection Orders (DVPOs) by Police forces in Wales
Domestic abuse has devastating consequences for those affected, with an average two women a week being killed by current or former partners in England and Wales. So it is vital that every opportunity is taken to support anyone impacted by abuse to access to protection, support and justice and to prevent perpetrators from continuing their […]
Welsh Women’s Aid partners with Cardiff International Film Festival 2018
Welsh Women’s Aid is delighted to be the charity partner for Cardiff International Film Festival 2018. In a time when the Me Too and Times Up campaigns challenging sexual harassment of women by men continue to reverberate across the film industry internationally, Welsh Women’s Aid welcomes Cardiff International Film Festival support to raise awareness of […]
Progress, what progress? Prosecuting sexual violence
Yesterday, it was reported that CPS rape prosecutors are being encouraged to raise prosecution rates by dropping the ‘weaker’ cases. A more risk-averse approach, prosecutors were told by internal CPS lawyers, will stem widespread criticisms of low conviction rates. This followed worrying reports on Sunday, in the first in a series of Guardian reports into […]
A Story by Ben for International Youth Day 2018
I love camping and I am in Comprehensive school now with younger sisters. One loves the gym and the other is horse mad! My mum is happy, funny and loves flowers and bees. I want to tell you that it is so much better now. One day it will be for you too. Just keep […]
Welsh Women’s Aid welcomes the decision to retain housing benefit for supported accommodation
Welsh Women’s Aid welcomes the UK Government decision to retain housing benefit for refuges and other supported housing, and calls for a parallel commitment to safeguard support funding for specialist services in Wales. Today the UK Government has listened to our collective evidence that their proposals to change the way supported housing is funded would […]
Welsh Women’s Aid view on the disclosure of evidence in criminal trials report
Welsh Women’s Aid, alongside Rape Crisis England and Wales and the End Violence Against Women coalition (EVAW), believe that the Committee have missed a significant opportunity to hold UK Ministers, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), Police and the judiciary to account for failing to deliver justice to survivors of rape, sexual violence and sexual assault. […]
Change that Lasts “Ask Me” Weekend Training Session and Survey
Thanks to the brilliant response from the launch of our Change that Lasts “ask me” Community Ambassador training, our very first “ask me” training course is now full! When we offered this training, several people reached out to us to ask that we offer a weekend training session so in response, our second “ask me” […]
Welsh Women’s Aid CEO Honoured by Cardiff University
Welsh Women’s Aid are delighted to announce that our Chief Executive, Eleri Butler has received an Honorary Fellowship from Cardiff University! Eleri is being awarded the Honorary Fellowship in recognition of her contribution to social change by working to prevent domestic violence, violence against women and promote equality for over 28 years. Alongside Eleri, a […]
Forced Marriage Awareness Week 2018
Welsh Women’s Aid raise awareness of Forced Marriage Awareness Week The 7th – 11th of July marks Forced Marriage Awareness Week and during this week Welsh Women’s Aid is raising awareness of forced marriage and the support for those affected. Every year, thousands of women and girls are taken out of the UK to be […]
Change That Lasts Cardiff pilot – “Ask me” roll out and call for ambassadors
Welsh Women’s Aid and Respect are embarking on an exciting new pilot in Cardiff, a cross sector early intervention model – ‘Change that Lasts’ – which aims to deliver and evidence a fundamental change in the way agencies and communities respond to violence against women, domestic abuse and sexual violence. ‘Change that Lasts’ has been […]
Welsh Women’s Aid supports policy allowing women to take second abortion pill at home
On Friday 29 June 2018, the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Services, Vaughan Gething AM, has announced that there are new rules for women who are terminating pregnancy, allowing women to take the second abortion pill (Misoprostol) outside a hospital environment, for example at home. The Welsh Government said that this decision came after […]
Women’s Strategy welcomed but falls short on resources for women’s services in the community, to really make a difference
Welsh Women’s Aid welcomes the Ministry of Justice Strategy (published today, 27 June 2018) for women in the criminal justice system in England and Wales, but calls on Westminster and Welsh Government to adequately resource women’s services in the community to make the proposals work. Eleri Butler, CEO of welsh Women’s Aid said: At Welsh […]
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