Campaign for women's services
Specialist violence against women's support services are essential for helping women flee violence and rebuild their lives.
Campaigning for women's services
The TUC has published a toolkit with Coventry Women's Voices to help with analysing the equality and human rights impact of cuts in local areas. One of the key areas is violence against women.
Welsh Women's Aid Using Equalities Legislation to Defend Women's Services: A Practical Toolkit for the Women's Aid movement in Wales
The value of women's services
Ashiana SROI report 'Journey Towards Safety' November 2011
Women in Prison SROI report 'Hear and Now: Women in the criminal justice system making changes in their lives 2011
Cuts to women's services
Professor Sylvia Walby's report on the impact of the cuts to the violence against women sector January 2012
Women's Aid (Eng) published a survey of their members in March 2011. Of those who responded:
- 60% of refuge services have no funding agreed from 1st April 2011
- 72% of outreach services have no funding agreed from 1st April 2011