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and their children escaping domestic abuse. We provide safe accommodation in our refuge along with a range of help and support by a team of trained and dedicated support workers. Any contact with us is strictly confidential. All women (16+) are

for women experiencing domestic abuse, young women and other marginalised groups. Women’s organisations have been campaigning for reform since Universal Credit was designed. The new UK Government must finally listen and introduce

and women experiencing domestic abuse at even greater risk of poverty and destitution. Despite the wealth of qualitative research on women’s experiences, this is rarely reflected in official data that is used to shape and determine

experiencing and fleeing domestic abuse from their partners, ex-partners and other members of the extended family or community. Founded in 1986, they are based in Edinburgh and offer support, advocacy and information. BME women will often go to

the UK reported experiencing domestic abuse or abuse during childhood. We discussed the lasting impact that a mother’s imprisonment has on both her and her children, as women are still the majority of carers in Scotland. We explored how

With everything else happening at the moment, you might be forgiven if the Programme for Government has slipped your mind. But as the main document which sets out the actions the Scottish Government will take, and the legislative programme for the

I began being targeted for abuse and overwhelming harassment that I first spoke to her.For the last few years, she would pop up in my DMs or email when I was under siege to offer solidarity, kindness, and support. We spoke in between, about

Ahead of the next Programme for Government for 2024-25, we have outlined several important actions we want the Scottish Government to take to protect women’s rights and promote gender equality in Scotland.

violence, including rape, domestic abuse, female genital mutilation, prostitution and pornography. Our equality begins with our physical safety and autonomy. Corroboration Scotland?s criminal justice system requires that all key evidence in

Scotland a woman reports a domestic abuse incident and there is a painfully low representation of women in our parliaments. These are not Scotland specific issues nor are these issue which exist only in the rest of the UK. These statistics and