Browsing the archives for the domestic violence tag

Keira Knightley’s ad for Women’s Aid

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Via Cath Elliott, this is the new advert from Women’s Aid, campaigning for an end to domestic violence. Strong stuff, but absolutely needed. Well done Keira Knightley for taking part. From the Guardian:

I wanted to take part in this advert for Women’s Aid because while domestic violence exists in every section of society we rarely [...]

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April 2, 2009 by Kirsty in feminism, news & media, video
Tagged domestic violence, feminism, keira knightley, women's aid

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One in five believe there is an excuse for domestic violence

This disturbing information from The F Word Blog:
An opinion poll commissioned by the Home Office should be a powerful wake-up call on attitudes to violence against women.
Some of the headline findings have been reported in the press, but I would really suggest looking at the full poll results, which are much broader. (All the statistics refer [...]

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March 9, 2009 by Kirsty in feminism
Tagged domestic violence, feminism, rape, sexual violence

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Councils threatened with legal action over inadequate rape and domestic violence support

Another day, another reminder that women in this supposedly post-feminist age aren’t receiving the help and support they need in the face of rape and domestic violence.
The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has rightly deplored the findings that over 100 local councils do not provide adequate support to victims of rape and domestic violence, [...]

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January 30, 2009 by Kirsty in feminism, places, politics
Tagged domestic violence, EHRC, rape support, trevor phillips

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Domestic violence and the recession

In the Guardian on Saturday there was a really interesting interview with Baroness Scotland, who in 2007 became the first black female attorney general.
In it she states that she believes that domestic violence will increase as the recession takes hold:
“When families go through difficulties, if someone loses their job, or they have financial problems, it can escalate stress, [...]

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December 22, 2008 by Kirsty in feminism, politics
Tagged baroness scotland, domestic violence, feminism, recession

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