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Supporting someone you know
If you’re reading this, the chances are that you are concerned about someone you know. You might know they are experiencing domestic abuse or forced marriage, or be worried that they could be. It can be hard to know how best to support someone you care about, and this...
Let’s work together for gender equality
"Everyone should be aware of this, everyone can help." The knowledge that we can all play an important role in challenging inequality, discrimination and oppression is at the core of what the Equally Safe in Practice (ESiP) project aims to achieve; individual...
Call for Young Women Designers
Branding brief Scottish Women’s aid (SWA) is commissioning a piece of branding work from a young woman designer (trans women included), on behalf of the Women’s Aid network. The work will be done in collaboration with and led by Young Women Rise. Young Women Rise are...
Training Women’s Aid Workers In Storyplay – Virginia’s Diary
17th December 2021 In 2020, Scottish Women’s Aid (SWA) approached Licketyspit to explore a collaboration: ‘When I heard more about Licketyspit all I could think about was how few tools we’ve had (in WA) based on joy and play and love and excitement and art and music...
Honour-Based Abuse: The impacts for young people and barriers seeking support
2021 marks the 30th anniversary of the UN global campaign 16 Days of Activism against gender-based violence and the theme this year focuses on femicide. Femicide is generally defined as the murder of women because they are women. And so, thinking about femicide, we...
How to shout out about your service online
There was once a time when promoting your service would have been putting a flyer in your local community centre or passing out leaflets during a coffee morning. While much of that is still in place, the pandemic has forced everybody to explore alternative ways of...
‘In Conversation: Collaborative and Stable Commissioning for Domestic Abuse Services’ – Scottish Women’s Aid and East Ayrshire Council
Scottish Women’s Aid recently had the opportunity to have a conversation with East Ayrshire Council about their commissioning practice and how they have worked with local Women’s Aid services in shaping this practice. “Commissioning shouldn’t be something done to...
Young Women Rise Research Launch
Blog post written by Elena Soper - YWCA Scotland A new survey has today been launched by Young Women Rise, a research and digital campaign group led by 10 empowered diverse young women from across Scotland supported by Scottish Women's Aid and YWCA Scotland -...
Why she didn’t just leave… Getting free – the impact of domestic abuse and leaving an abusive relationship in the c1960-1990.
Content warning: this blog post contains description of domestic abuse. Please read with care – information on where to find support is listed at the end of this blog. “Why doesn’t she just leave?” This question, frequently asked about women in violent and...
‘Just a domestic’ or treacherous double bind? – Police and social work responses to domestic abuse in late twentieth century Scotland.
Content warning: this blog post contains discussion of domestic abuse. Please read with care – information on where to find support is listed at the end of this blog. Police Scotland recorded 63,000 incidents of domestic abuse in 2019/2020 with women making up...