Category: News

Today (6 December 2018) Welsh Women’s Aid is bringing activists and industry professionals together to discuss how we create real and lasting change in Wales. As part of this year’s 16 days of activism against gender based violence, we are asking activists, industry professionals and survivors to come together to take actions to challenge attitudes […]

Welsh Women’s Aid welcomes the news that the Gwent Police are going to be working with Independent Domestic Violence Advocates (IDVA) to support individuals who call the police when attending an incident involving domestic abuse. The IDVA’s will be able to attend reports and offer support to the women, from gathering their personal items if […]

A blog by Paula Walters (Chair) and Jess Taylor (Vice Chair), Welsh Women’s Aid Leading the national umbrella body in Wales working to end violence against women, domestic abuse and sexual violence, is a responsibility all our Trustees take very seriously. Our work as a federation builds on the four decades of work by women […]

Today, the Welsh Government First Minister announced that Wales Centre for Public Policy will lead on an “expert-led review into refuge provision and sexual violence services in Wales to transform the support provided to victims of sexual assault and domestic abuse.” As the national umbrella body in Wales we work to support and provide a […]

Welsh Women’s Aid welcomes police working with schools to ensure that children and young people affected by domestic abuse are supported. However, this must be done in an informed manner that protects and supports both the child, and the non-abusive parent, and enables them to get the help they may need from specialist services. The […]

Today (23rd October), the Women and Equalities Committee published its report on the sexual harassment of women and girls in public places. The MPs making up the Committee looked into the issue of street harassment for nine months, and found that sexual harassment and abuse by men is normalised in the everyday lives of girls […]

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 […]

Welsh Women’s Aid welcomes the announcement from Welsh Government that it will split the so called ‘EIPs super grant’ into two separate grants, with one solely focused on housing, and we are delighted this will be in place for the duration of this Assembly term. Welsh Women’s Aid formed part of the ‘Housing Matters’ campaign, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Welsh Women’s Aid responds to HM Inspectorate of Probation Thematic Inspection into Domestic Abuse (published 25 September 2018) Eleri Butler, CEO of Welsh Women’s Aid said: “We are very concerned by the findings from today’s HMIP thematic inspection into the response to domestic abuse perpetrators by Community Rehabilitation Companies (CRCs) in England and Wales. The […]