Our response to EHRC guidance on sexual harassment
With recent media attention about allegations of appalling and escalating cycles of abuse at Harrods, McDonald's, BBC and the CBI, the Worker Protection Act means employers can no longer ‘turn a blind eye’ to survivors who raise the alarm in the workplace.
E-Visas: Proving your immigration status from 1st January 2025
Jade Blue’s Story
We helped Jade Blue successfully appeal the Crown Prosecution Service’s (CPS) decision to drop her rape case a matter of days before the trial was due to start.
Training Series: Immigration law for migrant victims of domestic abuse: 11th, 24th Oct & 8th Nov, 2024
A series of three training courses about immigration law for migrant victims of domestic abuse.
Specialist Briefing Session: Domestic Abuse Act – for Voluntary and community organisations
This 1-hour session for borough officers covers family law aspects of the Domestic Abuse Act 2021.
Domestic Abuse Act 2021 – Offences involving violent or abusive behaviour
The third session in our series on the DA Act will help professionals understand the new offences and amendments to existing legislation introduced by Part 6 of the Act.
Our statement in response to the riots in the UK
We will not let violence against women and girls be weaponised in efforts to spread hate and division.
MVDAC: What VAWG professionals can and cannot do
This guide is for professionals working in the Violence Against Women & Girls (VAWG) sector who are helping migrant victims of domestic abuse. This guide explains to professionals what support they can provide around the MVDAC and what they are not permitted to do by law.
Our recommendations to protect migrant victims of domestic abuse
We have asked the new Government to start the work of improving protections for migrant victims now and have set out our top 10 recommendations for meaningful change. This includes a demand to immediately reverse a policy change harming the children of migrant victims of domestic abuse in the next set of changes to the Immigration Rules.
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Family Court ruling “important decision” in ensuring family courts are not exploited by perpetrators
The Family Court has ruled journalists can name a serial rapist who a judge ruled could have unsupervised contact with his child. The mother appealed that decision and won. She also supported the application to name her rapist. The father and Cafcass opposed it.
Reform family courts to tackle violence against women
Most women experiencing domestic abuse do not report it to the police but seek protection from the family courts or are taken to court by abusers seeking contact with their children.
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