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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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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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Policy Prostitution Research
Shifting Sands: A Comparison of Prostitution Regimes across Nine Countries
This study was commissioned by the Home Office as part of the Tackling Demand for Prostitution Review, to update a report undertaken in 2003 for Glasgow City Council (Bindel and Kelly, 2004). The original project examined legal and policy responses to prostitution in four countries. Here that is extended to
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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
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Policy Research Violence by women
Violence against Women Strategy
Commissioned by EVAW, this project involves researching and producing a model integrated approach to violence against women which could be applied at national, regional and local levels. Alongside desk research, six consultations will take place with women’s services. A draft strategy will be subjected to wide consultation.
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Policy Research Violence Against Women
Violence and Equality Paper
This paper was commissioned by EVAW for the Equality Review, to argue that violence should be a cross-cutting them in the soon to be established Commission on Equality and Human Rights. The paper is being updated to be launched at an event hosted by the Equality and Diversity Forum, and
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Policy Support Projects Violence Against Women
Evaluation of Portsmouth Sexual Assault Referral Centre
The Portsmouth Sexual Assault Centre (SARC) is a new service for victims of recent rape and sexual assault and uniquely in the UK, is housed alongside a project responding to the needs of victims of domestic violence. This evaluation will assess service user profile, case profile, criminal justice outcomes and
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Domestic Violence Evaluation Health Policy Prostitution Support Projects
Evaluation of the WORTH Project
The WORTH Project is a multi-agency funded pilot project at a hospital, that is currently training all relevant staff in the Accident and Emergency and Maternity Departments to undertake screening for domestic violence. The Project will also provide specially-trained staff based within the hospital, who will offer a wide range
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Policy Violence Against Women
National Violence Against Women Strategies
Linked to Amnesty International UK’s support for What a Waste: The Case for an Integrated Violence Against Women Strategy, Jo Lovett was commissioned to undertake a small study of countries where such an approach has already been adopted. The work involved locating countries with a national strategy or Plan