‘Weakness in non-molestation order system puts thousands at risk’
[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_1543309279716{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”][/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Thousands of domestic violence victims could be at risk of further abuse because police are unaware of non-molestation orders (NMOs) against their attackers. The onus is on survivors having to register the order, made by a civil court on paper, at a police station, something […]
Commons committee propose changes to DA legislation
[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_1543308857906{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”][/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]The Home Affairs Select Committee has recommended amendments to the government’s proposed Domestic Abuse Bill. The suggested changes include: • Funding refuges for survivors should be a statutory obligation, backed by national ring-fenced funds; • Split payments for couples should be standard under the […]
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 […]
Scotland joins EU study into 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_1543307717611{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”][/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]The Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research (SCCJR) and Police Scotland will participate in a European-wide study into institutional responses to domestic abuse. The objective of the three-year Improdova project is that the findings will enable police, social workers, non-governmental organisations and other frontline […]
Make a Stand signatories top 250
[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_1543307344416{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”][/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]More than 250 housing organisations have signed up to the Chartered Institute of Housing’s (CIH) ‘Make a Stand’ campaign to tackle domestic abuse in social housing. The 253 landlords which have joined the campaign own or manage more than 2.4 million homes, almost half of […]
MPs lay out needs in DV bill
[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_1540992251855{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”][/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Westminster’s All-Party Parliamentary Group on Domestic Violence and Abuse has spelt out what it sees as key requirements for the government’s planned legislation in the field. The group’s recommendations, contained in a report entitled Creating a Truly Transformative Domestic Abuse Bill, are: — Sustainable, […]
DA victims ‘put at risk’ by privatised probation service
[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_1540991883650{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”][/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Thousands of victims of domestic abuse are being put at further risk of harm by privatised offender supervision companies whose staff lack the skills, experience and time to supervise perpetrators, Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Probation (HMIP) has found. The community rehabilitation companies’ (CRCs) approach to […]
Men account for quarter of all DA victims – ManKind
[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_1540991772639{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”][/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]One of four people reporting domestic abuse to police in England and Wales were men in 2017, a Freedom of Information request by the ManKind Initiative has revealed. In 2012 the proportion was one in five. Mark Brooks, chairman of the charity which supports male […]
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’ […]
Southwark secures first accreditation
[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_1540991345748{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”][/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]The housing service run by Southwark Borough Council in London is the first to be accredited by the Domestic Abuse Housing Alliance for national best practice in the Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy. Southwark Housing Solutions earned the award by making dealing and responding […]
