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Domestic Violence Effects of/surviving violence Evaluation Support Projects
Big Lottery Fund – Women and Girls Initiative
CWASU will be continuing their Big Lottery funded work on Women and Girls Initiative (WGI), in partnership with The Tavistock Institute of Human Relations and DMSS Research, to deliver evaluation and learning support to the 63 projects funded by the Big Lottery Fund to support and empower women and girls facing violence, abuse, exploitation and mental health issues
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Domestic Violence
Domestic Homicide Reviews
Nicola Sharp-Jeffs and Liz Kelly from CWASU worked with Standing Together Against Domestic Violence to analyse the Domestic Homicide Reports of 32 reviews chaired by their associates. Six thematic areas arose: § Victim/perpetrator contact with General Practitioners (GPs) § Mental health § Safeguarding adults
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Civil Justice Domestic Abuse Domestic Violence Orders Protection Removal
Evaluation of the Pilot of Domestic Violence Protection Orders (DVPOs)
Funded by the Home Office, this evaluation was carried out in partnership with the Forensic Psychological Services, Middlesex University. Evaluation of the Pilot of Domestic Violence Protection Orders Research Report 76 London Metropolitan University & Middlesex University: Liz Kelly, Joanna R. Adler, Miranda A. H. Horvath, Jo Lovett, Mark Coulson,
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Domestic Violence Policy Training Violence Against Women
Co-ordinated responses to violence against Women and Girls: an online resource
This project was commissioned by UN Women (formerly UNIFEM), to develop online guidance on the principles and process of co-ordinating responses to violence against women and girls. The guidance draws on promising practices from around the globe, and includes case studies from Europe, UK, Africa and the US. For the
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Child Sexual Abuse/Exploitation Domestic Violence Effects of/surviving violence Rape Support Projects Violence Against Women Young People
Realising Rights: Case studies on state responses to violence against women and children in Europe
CWASU led this partnership between the University of Osnabrück, the German Institute for Human Youth Services and Family Law (DIJuF) and Tilburg University (INTERVICT – International Victimology Institute). Realising Rights (RRS) was funded by the EU DAPHNE III programme and explores both fields of violence. Its aims were: – to
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Domestic Violence Rape Research Violence Against Women
Mapping Needs: Violence Against Women Services in Britain
This project was funded by the EHRC as a companion to Map of Gaps 1 & 2, starting not from what currently exists, but what the levels of actual/potential support needs are, in order to develop a model for local authorities to calculate optimum levels of provision. A partnership project
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Criminal Justice System Domestic Violence Policy Violence Against Women
Risking Our Lives: Intimate Partner Homicide in Ireland
Intimate partner homicide (IPH), the murder of a person by their (ex) partner, is an under-explored issue. Globally, the majority of victims of IPH are women, and perpetrators men; with IPH the leading cause of violent death for women (UN, 2006). New approaches to addressing IPH in the US and
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Domestic Violence Effects of/surviving violence Policy Rape Research Support Projects Violence Against Women
Map of Gaps: The Postcode Lottery of Violence Against Women Support Services
Map of Gaps shows graphically for the first time the real postcode lottery in violence against women support services such as Rape Crisis Centres and domestic violence refuges. A third of local authorities across the UK do not have specialised services, leaving many women without the support they deserve. Completed
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Domestic Violence Research Violence Against Women
Norfolk Domestic Violence Homicide Review
CWASU was commissioned by the Norfolk Domestic Violence Homicide Steering Group to complete phase II of this research project. This project aimed to examine and experience the needs of families of the five domestic violence homicide victims, and to examine the experience and needs of the perpetrators to ascertain what
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Domestic Violence Policy Statistics Violence Against Women
Service Mapping Project
The project funded by the Roddick Foundation involves mapping the provision of VAW services across the nations and regions of the UK. We are using GIS systems to locate services geographically, producing maps which can go down to local authority boundaries, as well as provide an overall picture. Intended as