RESPONSE to the Home Affairs Committee Report on DOMESTIC ABUSE Press release Black Women’s Rape Action Project & Women Against Rape We welcome the Committee’s recognition of many of the issues raised in the evidence we and other women’s groups submitted. But they should have gone much further, especially in the following areas: 1. Welfare …
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Our comment on Government’s planned review of CICA rules
Our comment on Government’s planned review of CICA rules MINISTRY OF JUSTICE ANNOUNCES REVIEW OF COMPENSATION RULES ON SEXUAL OFFENCES – a VICTORY for grassroots campaigners! “Nobody should be made to feel worthless as you do when you get a compensation refusal letter.” The announcement 9-10 September from the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) that …
Do No Harm – Seminar 11 Sept 6-8pm
For a video of the event, photos and written speeches see: supportnotseparation.blog Join us tomorrow for this important seminar 6-8pm at the House of Commoms committee room 14 which will gather evidence of the harm caused by separating mothers from their children and forced adoption. WAR is on the speakers panel.
Press: Kicked while Im already down’: the child sexual assault victim denied compensation over a petty crime.
Kim Mitchell went to police threee times before they believed her Ms K was raped repeatedly by two adult men when she was 13. As an adult she finally found the courage to report it, identifying the men. The investigation is ongoing. One of the men is in prison for sexual offences against other children. …
The Law & Politics of Marital Rape in England 1945-1994, Adrian Williamson (2016) Women’s History Review
This article was written by Adrian Williamson QC, a law professor at Cambridge University. Following his research he painstakingly documents the history of the rape , and in particular how the law was changed to recognise rape in marriage as a crime following Women Against Rape’s 15-year campaign. It is a clear history of how …
Evidence to Home Affairs Committee on Domestic Violence, 5 July 2018
Evidence to Home Affairs Committee on Domestic Violence, 5 July 2018 Summary: This evidence covers five key policy areas that result in increased vulnerability to domestic violence and lack of resources to escape violent men: Family courts and domestic violence Austerity cuts and domestic violence Destitution – a recipe for domestic violence The hostile environment …
Same Roof Rule is finally defeated, overturning decades of injustice
Same Roof Rule is finally defeated, overturning decades of injustice Victims of sexual violence win Appeal Court victory A landmark Appeal Court ruling on 24 July 2018 has reversed decades of injustice, upholding for the first time a claimant’s right to compensation even though she lived under the same roof as her attacker at the …
Useful statistics from ONS on the characteristics of victims of domestic violence
Published ONS report 31 May 2018
Press Release: Criminal injuries compensation awards – rules designed to exclude rape victims
Press Release: Criminal injuries compensation awards – rules designed to exclude rape victims PRESS RELEASE . . . PRESS RELEASE . . . PRESS RELEASE . . . PRESS Women Against Rape says hundreds of vulnerable victims of rape and other sexual offences are denied statutory help as a result of rules designed to exclude …
Family courts failing to uphold human rights for victims of domestic abuse, according to Queen Mary report
Family Courts are failing to recognise and protect survivors’ human rights by not giving victims of domestic abuse a safe and fair hearing which is putting their children’s safety at risk, according to a joint report by Women’s Aid and Queen Mary University of London. 30 May 2018 Survivors of domestic abuse face a lack …