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Sam’s Story
This blog is extracts from a powerful survivor testimony given to us by Sam. Sam and his siblings witnessed their father abusing their mother and he has shared with us the impact of coercive control on his life. Sam, his mother and his siblings were supported by a...
Multi-agency actions to end violence against women
Strengthening all sectors to deliver Equally Safe in every day practice. Scotland's vision for preventing and eradicating violence against women and girls (VAWG) is both ambitious and rooted in a feminist analysis. The national strategy, Equally Safe, outlines an...
Zara’s Story
This blog post is extracts from a powerful survivor testimony given to us by Zara, who experienced domestic abuse, sexual violence and honour-based abuse. She was supported by a local Women’s Aid group in Scotland. Zara’s name has been changed, and other identifying...
World Homelessness Day 2019
Today, 10th October 2019, marks world homelessness day. We’re also bang in the middle of Challenge Poverty Week. For over forty years Women’s Aid groups in Scotland have provided refuge and front-line services to women, children and young people experiencing domestic...
Six Months of Implementation
Today, 1st October 2019, marks six months since Scotland’s world-leading new domestic abuse law came into force. We were overjoyed when the law was passed in 2018 and when implementation began on the 1st of April this year we knew that, finally, the law reflected the...
Edinburgh Fringe Guide 2019
Visit Edinburgh during August and you can expect two things: rain and people. Lots and lots of people. The city during festival time takes on a completely different buzz to the rest of the year. The hotels are full, the bars are overflowing and a full face of...
Purple Grass
Content warning: this is a powerful guest blog submitted by a woman who wishes to remain anonymous. It contains some swearing, and details of her experience of emotional abuse. Read with care. I was once in love but I was in love with someone who didn’t know what love...
Feminist Afternoon Off – 2nd December
Hey! What you up to this Sunday? In need of a feminist afternoon-off? We’ve teamed up with the Young Women’s Movement and the Filmhouse to deliver exactly that. Once your eyes are open to sexism, inequality and gender-based violence it’s near impossible to close them...
Two Minutes – Fatima
Today is International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. We are so grateful and proud to have worked with Fatima* to record her poem about her experience of domestic abuse, and recovery. Her words are powerful and courage formidable, this is a poem...
Why She Doesn’t Just Leave
One of the questions we're most often asked is why women don't just leave. It's not meant to sound bad, but as well as taking the responsibility for the abuse away from the perpetrator, it implies leaving somehow easy. It isn't. Not only is it often really, really...