Domestic abuse

Dispersed accommodation is the future for helping domestic abuse survivors escape homelessness
Rachel Shuter

Dispersed accommodation is the future for helping domestic abuse survivors escape homelessness

Domestic abuse remains a major cause of homelessness among women. Refuge is using dispersed accommodation to help women living with disabilities, pets and other needs live safely, writes the charity’s Rachel Shuter

There’s a looming crisis for trans and non-binary survivors of domestic abuse
Melissa

There’s a looming crisis for trans and non-binary survivors of domestic abuse

Melissa, chief operating officer at Loving Me, writes about the dangers of blocking trans and non-binary survivors of domestic abuse out of safe spaces

The hidden homelessness crisis is fuelled by the scourge of domestic abuse
Maria Sookias

The hidden homelessness crisis is fuelled by the scourge of domestic abuse

Women fleeing domestic abuse risk joining the ranks of the UK’s rising numbers of hidden homeless

Why did so many women in a tiny Hungarian village poison their husbands? 
Domestic abuse

Why did so many women in a tiny Hungarian village poison their husbands? 

This rule change is helping care leavers and domestic abuse survivors to get social homes
Social housing

This rule change is helping care leavers and domestic abuse survivors to get social homes

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This innovative new project helps get both domestic abuse victims and perpetrators off the streets
Homelessness

This innovative new project helps get both domestic abuse victims and perpetrators off the streets

Government pledge to help care leavers into social housing ‘will literally save lives’
Social housing

Government pledge to help care leavers into social housing ‘will literally save lives’

Calls for a law change to protect survivors of domestic abuse left on the verge of financial ruin
Domestic abuse

Calls for a law change to protect survivors of domestic abuse left on the verge of financial ruin

The Traitors’ Ash Bibi on fleeing a violent home for a women’s refuge at 16: ‘There’s always hope’
Domestic violence

The Traitors’ Ash Bibi on fleeing a violent home for a women’s refuge at 16: ‘There’s always hope’

Chav Solidarity author D Hunter: ‘My violent childhood left me without role models for parenting’
10Foot Takeover

Chav Solidarity author D Hunter: ‘My violent childhood left me without role models for parenting’

BBC’s Crongton is a ‘celebration of Alex Wheatle’s incredible life and powerful stories’
TV

BBC’s Crongton is a ‘celebration of Alex Wheatle’s incredible life and powerful stories’

Keir Starmer is watching Adolescence. Here’s how his government can stop it happening in real life
Domestic abuse

Keir Starmer is watching Adolescence. Here’s how his government can stop it happening in real life

Compulsory domestic abuse lessons for over 16s could help ‘prevent misogynistic murders’, MPs told
Domestic abuse

Compulsory domestic abuse lessons for over 16s could help ‘prevent misogynistic murders’, MPs told

‘We’ve been waiting for this’: Sexually explicit deepfakes ruin lives – a crackdown is long overdue
Online abuse

‘We’ve been waiting for this’: Sexually explicit deepfakes ruin lives – a crackdown is long overdue

Being a survivor of torture in the UK is hard – but writing gave me back my boldness and courage
Tanya

Being a survivor of torture in the UK is hard – but writing gave me back my boldness and courage

These domestic abuse survivors are learning how to cycle. It helps them find freedom and hope
Cycling

These domestic abuse survivors are learning how to cycle. It helps them find freedom and hope

No women should ever be sent to prison for enduring domestic abuse
Lucy Russell

No women should ever be sent to prison for enduring domestic abuse

Women are being sent to prison in UK for self-defence or being coerced: ‘I lost everything’
Criminal justice

Women are being sent to prison in UK for self-defence or being coerced: ‘I lost everything’

How Putin’s war in Ukraine has pushed millions into homelessness: ‘We must tackle this crisis’
Homelessness

How Putin’s war in Ukraine has pushed millions into homelessness: ‘We must tackle this crisis’

Refugee brutally attacked after HIV-positive status revealed due to unsafe access to post
Post Exclusion

Refugee brutally attacked after HIV-positive status revealed due to unsafe access to post

Domestic abuse survivor had ‘no chance’ of reuniting with kids as council flat was too small
Care system

Domestic abuse survivor had ‘no chance’ of reuniting with kids as council flat was too small

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‘When I first went inside I wanted to die’: What life’s like inside a UK women’s prison
Prisons

‘When I first went inside I wanted to die’: What life’s like inside a UK women’s prison

Labour has a chance to stop domestic abuse at its roots – here’s how
Caitlin McCullough

Labour has a chance to stop domestic abuse at its roots – here’s how

Fighting for justice for women in a system that’s rigged against them
Justice

Fighting for justice for women in a system that’s rigged against them

Letters: The politicians who deserve power are the ones speaking on real issues
Letters

Letters: The politicians who deserve power are the ones speaking on real issues