Union urges companies to support pledge to stop DA
[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1489792662097{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”][vc_column css=”.vc_custom_1489792637103{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1545219649553{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”][/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]One of Britain’s largest unions, the GMB, has called on employers to back its ‘Work to Stop Domestic Violence’ charter which asks companies to support workers experiencing domestic abuse. The initiative seeks to ensure they will not be disadvantaged at work; will be supported with […]
DV activists feature in BBC’s 100 Women
[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1489792662097{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”][vc_column css=”.vc_custom_1489792637103{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1543308649859{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”][/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Three campaigners in the field of domestic violence are included in the BBC’s 100 women of influence, who often achieved things of note against the odds. The three are:.. Cindy Arlette Contreras Bautista, a Peruvian lawyer who became the face of the NiUnaMenos (Not […]
Press watchdog plans DV-related reporting guidelines
[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1489792662097{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”][vc_column css=”.vc_custom_1489792637103{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1540991577296{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”][/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]The Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO) is drawing up a set of guidelines on how the media should report sexual offences. Its work has come into the spotlight after feminist campaign group Level Up called on the watchdog to introduce new rules into the editors’ […]
DA victims turn to civil courts because of police failings – law firm
[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1489792662097{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”][vc_column css=”.vc_custom_1489792637103{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1537965987095{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”][/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Survivors of domestic abuse are increasingly turning to civil courts for protection because police are failing to enforce the coercive control law introduced three years ago, according to a legal practice. More than 4,200 complaints were made to constabularies last year across England and Wales, […]
Just 15 couples use UC split payments
[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1489792662097{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”][vc_column css=”.vc_custom_1489792637103{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1537965757337{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”][/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Fifteen households were using the split payment option under Universal Credit (UC) as of June. The system has existed for more than a year and UC is paid to over a million people. The figures were made public by the Daily Mirror which reported […]
Grey’s Anatomy
[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1489792662097{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”][vc_column css=”.vc_custom_1489792637103{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”][vc_column_text]Among happenings overseas, US TV show Grey’s Anatomy changed an episode’s title from ‘Four Seasons in One Day’ to ‘1-800-799-7233’, the national domestic violence hotline number, to tie in with a story line about domestic violence. Camiel Eurlings, Dutch representative on the International Olympic Committee, has resigned following […]
Campaigner Diahanne Rhiney has been given a British Citizen Award
[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1489792662097{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”][vc_column css=”.vc_custom_1489792637103{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1518019782571{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”][/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Campaigner Diahanne Rhiney has been given a British Citizen Award in recognition of the hundreds of hours she dedicates each year to mentoring young single mothers, fostering children from abusive backgrounds, and her domestic abuse charity Strength With In Me (SWIM).[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
