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Sexual Harassment Training
Staff training – Sexual Assault Services Centre, Victoria
This training, led and delivered by Professor Fiona Vera Gray, is being delivered each year for the last three years at the Sexual Assault Services Centre, based in Victoria, Australia. This is part of a programme delivered by the Sexual Assault Services Victoria (https://www.sasvic.org.au) and drains on the content
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Pornography
The ethos and roots of the rape crisis movement in Ireland
The history of Rape Crisis movement globally is significantly under-recorded, with many centres and services rightly focusing on sustainability and service delivery over documenting original working practices and ethos of the movement. There has been little published work across academic, policy, and practitioner fields focused on mapping how the movement/s have developed over
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Domestic Abuse Perpetrators
Establishing standards for stalking and domestic abuse perpetrator interventions (2nd Edition)
This piece of work was commissioned by the Home Office to develop a set of overarching principles and a national standards framework for the safe and effective provision of interventions for perpetrators of domestic abuse and perpetrators of stalking in England and Wales. It extends, updates, and therefore replaces the
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Perpetrators
Stalking Risk research
Towards a systems change response to stalking in policing: an engagement with the tangle of typologies, risk and risk assessment This project was commissioned by the Home Office to develop a new model for assessing risk in stalking offenders. The project aimed to: assess existing academic and practice-based evidence on stalking perpetration; assess
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Sexual Harassment
Non contact sexual offences
Research from CWASU and Durham University shows how non-contact sexual offences are shaping women’s lives and limiting their freedom. Commissioned by the College of Policing to inform new training and guidance for all police forces in England and Wales, the research conducted by Professor Fiona Vera-Gray and Professor Clare Mcglynn presents
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Domestic Abuse
Project Bright Light
Project Bright Light, which took place between January and May 2025, aimed to lay the foundation for radically improving the police response to domestic abuse. It applied the ‘six Pillar’ methodological approach established by Operation Soteria. This involved close police-academic co-production to collect, analyse and interpret a range of data
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Domestic Abuse Domestic Violence Effects of/surviving violence Evaluation Violence Against Women
Living at the edge
In May 2021, the Child and Woman Abuse Studies Unit (CWASU) were commissioned by Southall Black Sisters to produce an evaluation of the Home Office’s Support for Migrant Victims pilot programme (SMV pilot) and to document the experiences and support needs of migrant victim-survivors of domestic abuse, particularly foregrounding the
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Evaluation Harassment Perpetrators Protection Sexual Harassment Violence Against Women
Surviving Economic Abuse – Evaluation
This evaluation for SEA (Surviving Economic Abuse) will seek to understand the impact of SEA’s financial services influencing work atthree levels. Individual change: Changes in access to justice for victim survivors of domestic abuse.
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Evaluation Violence Against Women
RESET Evaluation
Evaluation for the London Borough of Waltham Forest VAWG Service of a community-based early intervention response to VAWG in the Borough. Project team: Dr Fiona Vera-Gray (PI) Prof Liz Kelly Dr Maria Garner For further information email: cwasu@londonmet.ac.uk
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Trade Union Congress Training
This high-quality training for TUC will be rooted in: understanding what sexism and misogyny (and other forms of discrimination) are,and how they manifest Understanding the processes of attitude change and behaviour change concerningsexism, misogyny
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Child Sexual Abuse/Exploitation Domestic Violence Effects of/surviving violence Violence Against Women Young People
VAWG Strategy
Further information coming soon….. Contact cwasu@londonmet.ac.uk for details
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Domestic Violence Harassment Protection Self Defence
Safe Together
Project team: Prof Liz Kelly Dr Maria Garner For further information contact cwasu@londonmet.ac.uk
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Change that lasts
Further details coming soon… Research team Dr Joanna Lovett Prof Liz Kelly
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Project Soteria
Operation Soteria was developed to address ongoing concerns about the police response to rape and serious sexual offences (RASSO). Building on an initial pilot with Avon & Somerset Police called Project Bluestone, Soteria was an academic-practitioner partnership designed to create radical improvements through a six-pillar approach looking at: (1) suspect-focused
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Child Sexual Abuse/Exploitation Effects of/surviving violence Evaluation Violence Against Women
Weaving the Web project evaluation
CWASU has been commissioned to provide an external evaluation service to Rape Crisis England & Wales' (RCEW) Weaving the Web project delivery
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Domestic Violence Effects of/surviving violence Evaluation Support Projects
Big Lottery Fund – Women and Girls Initiative
CWASU continued 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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Child Sexual Abuse/Exploitation
Barnardo’s Centre of Expertise
Barnardo’s was awarded a grant by the Home Office to set up a new national Centre of Expertise on Child Sexual Abuse and Child Sexual Exploitation for England and Wales that will act as a focal point for identifying, generating and sharing high quality evidence
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Child Sexual Abuse/Exploitation
Rapid evidence assessment: social & political discourses about child sexual abuse
The research team at the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse was seeking a Rapid Assessment (REA) that should identify, review and synthesise existing high quality literature on the social and political discourses about child SA in England and Wales from the 1940’s to the present day and should also
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Evaluation
First contact sexual violence navigators: women & girls Big Lottery project
CWASU researchers will be working with The Essex Rape Crisis Partnership (ERCP) comprising of South Essex Rape and Incest Crisis Centre (SERICC) (lead partner) Southend Rape Crisis Centre (SOSRC), and Mid & North Essex Centre for Action on Rape and Abuse (CARA) to deliver this project funded by the Big
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Child Sexual Abuse/Exploitation Children Europe Sexual Harassment Violence Against Women Young People
Developing bystander responses to sexual harassment among young people
In this project, undertaken in Portugal (FPCEUP / UMAR), Slovenia (Peace Institute), United Kingdom (CWASU, London Met), Malta (University of Malta - MT) the researchers developed, piloted, implemented, and evaluated a programme for bystanders to prevent sexual harassment in secondary schools.
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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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The role of self-defence in the prevention of violence against women
CWASU Director Prof Liz Kelly and Research Fellow Nicola Sharp-Jeffs have been commissioned by the Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs to conduct an in-depth analysis on the role of self-defence in the prevention of violence against women. The project has been requested by the Committee on Women’s
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Trafficking
Trafficking: Study on the gender dimension of trafficking in human beings
CWASU was one of 12 European colleagues, with Lancaster University as lead, conducting the above study, which demonstrated that 96% of those trafficked for sexual exploitation are female whereas 74% of those trafficked for labour exploitation are male. This research, prepared under a contract with the European Commission, was published and
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Evaluation Support Projects
Learning and Evaluation Scoping Support for Women and Girls Initiative (WGI)
Women and girls initiative - Empowering women and girls to take control of their lives
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Effects of/surviving violence Research Review
Research into the extent and nature of financial abuse within intimate relationships
The aim of this review, conducted by Nicola Sharp, Research Fellow at the Child and Woman Studies Unit, was to summarise what research and policy tells us about financial abuse and the ways in which it is used by abusive men to exert coercive control over/limit the options
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Study on the gender dimension of trafficking in human beings
CWASU director Professor Liz Kelly contributed the following milestones in this project funded by the European Commission Review of literature on the Nordic model of demand reduction by criminalising the purchase of sex Contribution to the Case study of Nordic model as best practice, which included research in Sweden
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Hidden Depths – a detailed study of rape crisis data
Prof Liz Kelly & Joanna Lovett from The Child and Woman Abuse Studies Unit and Rape Crisis England and Wales will be presenting the research findings from this 2-year ESRC-funded partnership project on data gathered by Rape Crisis Centres in England at LondonMet on 30th November.
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Young people and sexual exploitation research messages workshops
CWASU Deputy Director Dr Maddy Coy headed the delivery of several workshops from November 2014 to date, for Research in Practice
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Violence Against Women
Mapping support services for women victims of gender based violence
– Preparation of guidelines to conduct country-level studies to map support services for women victims of gender-based violence in Albania, Bosnia and Herzagovenia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Georgia and Turkey. – An assessment tool for governments to benchmark their provision of support services for women victims of gender-based
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Training
Training on support services for women and girls subjected to gender based violence
CWASU’s Senior Research Fellow Joanna Lovett was commissioned by UN Women (the UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women), to conduct a training on the methodology of a country assessment on support services for women and girls subjected to gender-based violence.
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Evaluation of a new service to tackle violence against women and girls in London’s Albanian-speaking community
Details coming soon
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Safe choices – Reaching Communities project
Further details coming soon
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A study exploring how young people understand consent to sexual activity
This research project was designed to inform the Office of the Children’s Commissioner’s Inquiry into Child Sexual Exploitation in Gangs and Groups (CSEGG). The purpose of the research and the Inquiry it informed, was to promote children’s rights to protection from sexual exploitation in accordance with the UN Convention of
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Child Sexual Abuse/Exploitation Children Young People
Give ‘n’ Get Project
"Consent is not an abstract legal concept in young peoples' lives, but an issue which connects gender and victim blame in many and complex ways."
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Effects of/surviving violence Evaluation Violence Against Women Violence by women
Safe Choices – Leaving Care and Custody
The Safe Choices Leaving Care and Custody project was a London-based programme delivered by The Children’s Society and nia from 2012-2017 across London, and funded by the Big Lottery.
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REVA: Responding to the long-term effects of violence and abuse
This study, which is being conducted collaboratively with colleagues from NatCen Social Research, Inequality Agenda and DMSS Consulting, looks at how the long-term effects of violence and abuse on victim-survivors are responded to within the NHS and specialist voluntary sector support services. The research combines three strands of work: Analysis
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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 and Child Contact
In partnership with Rights of Women , this research project explores women’s experiences of child contact proceedings in the aftermath of domestic violence. The project is funded by Trust for London, and involves multiple strands of data collection. Grant Holder: Rights of Women
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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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Victim Survivors Violence Against Women
Into the Foreground: An evaluation of the Jacana Parenting Service
Into the Foreground: An evaluation of the Jacana Parenting Service. An evaluation of a specialised parenting programme, developed and delivered in partnership between the nia project and DVIP. The pilot programme offered separate interventions for men as perpetrators and support to women as victim -survivors.
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Feasibility study to assess the possibilities, opportunities and needs to standardise national legislation on gender violence and violence against children
This project is a partnership with Tilburg University (INTERVICT – International Victimology Institute) and the University of Osnabrück. The project attempts to give a comprehensive picture of the legal and institutional framework governing violence against women, violence against children and sexual identity violence across 27 European countries. Differences and similarities
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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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Rape Research
Understanding Rape in West Yorkshire
Working in partnership with Durham University, this report presents the findings of research commissioned by the West Yorkshire Rape Strategic Group in order to fully explore responses to rape across the region. The research had two broad aims: – To develop an up to date profile of rape across
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Child Sexual Abuse/Exploitation Evaluation Violence Against Women
The nia project: Children and Young People’s Service Evaluation
CWASU undertook an evaluation of four of the nia project’s services; the Parenting programme, Young People and Sexual Exploitation, Young People and Sexual Violence and Family Learning programmes. This evaluation focuses on how well the project aims have been met as well as reflecting on project methodology. The overall
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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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Moving On Up: How women and children rebuild their lives after domestic violence
This project was aimed to improve the quality of life for women and child survivors of domestic violence by identifying the factors that support long-term re-settlement and lead to independence. While crisis interventions are well developed and the criminal justice response has improved greatly, little is known about the broader,
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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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Moving On Up: How women and children rebuild their lives after domestic violence
This project was aimed to improve the quality of life for women and child survivors of domestic violence by identifying the factors that support long-term re-settlement and lead to independence.
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Connections and disconnections: Assessing evidence, knowledge and practice in responses to rape
This research review was commissioned as part of the Stern Review of responses by public bodies to rape. The Stern Review was announced by the Government Equalities Office on 22nd September 2009, in part as a response to concerns raised by the Reid and Worboys cases. In these cases, the
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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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Project Mirabal
Project Mirabal – Domestic Violence Perpetrators – Changing the Story Project Mirabal is supported by grants from the ESRC, Northern Rock Foundation and LankellyChase Foundation. The research started started in 2009 with a formal research launch in January 2015. Professors Liz Kelly (London Metropolitan University), Nicole Westmarland (Durham University),
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Project Mirabal
What do perpetrator programmes add to co-ordinated community responses to domestic violence? This research project started in 2009 and concluded in 2014. The formal launch of the research is planned for January 2015. Professors Liz Kelly (London Metropolitan University), Nicole Westmarland (Durham University), and Charlotte Watts (London School of Hygiene
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A Missing Link? An exploratory study of the connections between non-consensual sex and teenage pregnancy
Teenage pregnancy has been a policy priority traversing health, education and crime agendas at national and local levels for a decade. In 1999 a twin track strategy for England and Wales was introduced that aimed to halve teenage conception rates among under 18s by 2010, whilst simultaneously reducing social exclusion
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Evaluation Report: Nordic Baltic Pilot Project for the Support, Protection, Safe Return and Rehabilitation of Women Victims of Trafficking for Sexual Exploitation
The Nordic Baltic Pilot Project for the Support, Protection, Safe Return and Rehabilitation of Women Victims of Trafficking for Sexual Exploitation ran from Oct 2005 to Dec 2008 with two key objectives; 1. to develop a regional programme for the provision of support services to women victims of trafficking for
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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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Effects of/surviving violence Trafficking Training
Safe Migration Project: Training for Journalists about Trafficking in Persons and Migration
This project is funded by the British Council Ukraine to train journalists with the aim of ensuring they have a thorough understanding of trafficking and migration. The objective is to build skill and capacity to produce reports and stories, which are accurate, relevant and compelling whilst not recreating stereotypes of
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Exploring the service and support needs of male, LGBT and black and other minority ethnic victims of domestic and sexual violence
This is a Home Office funded project which will explore the specific service and support needs of male, LGBT and other minority ethnic victims of domestic and sexual violence. The study will develop knowledge and information in areas where there are currently gaps for these through combination of a literature
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Developing International Indicators on Violence against Women
Commissioned by the UN Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women this project has required writing a technical report on recommendations made to date, and the views of states parties. The report also includes recommendations for a set of potential indicators with respect to both measuring VAW and assessing progress made
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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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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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An Evaluation of the London Independent Domestic Violence Advoacy (IDVA) Project
IDVAS are a recent development in responses to domestic violence, although advocacy has long been part of service provision by women and other support services. IDVAs are specific posts, linked to domestic violence courts and/or multi-agency risk assessment processes. This project, funded by City Parochial and Henry Smith Foundation, has
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Multi-sectoral and Multi-disciplinary Network for Violence Prevention
This EU funded Daphne project is co-ordinated from Finland and CWASU are a partner. Whilst awareness of gendered and sexualised violence has increased over the last decade, progress with respect to prevention has not been so successful. This project aims to create national and international networks of experts to share
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Evaluation of the Operation and Effectiveness of the Pilot Rape and Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Glasgow (Archway)
This study will be an outcome and process evaluation to assess the operation and effectiveness of the first SARC in Scotland, and will contribute to ongoing development of responses to sexual violence across Scotland. A multi-methodological approach will be used drawing on: data before Archway was established on reporting, prosecution
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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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Developing International Indicators on Violence against Women
Commissioned by the UN Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women this project has required writing a technical report on recommendations made to date, and the views of states parties. The report also includes recommendations for a set of potential indicators with respect to both measuring VAW and assessing progress made
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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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Amina Project
This pilot project requires the development and delivery of a course that will equip participants with the skills to support survivors of sexual violence. The course will cover understanding of and approaches to the issue, the difference between counselling, advocacy, practical, emotional and peer support. At the end of the
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Violence Against Women
Teaching and Researching Women’s Issues to Promote Women’s Equality and Empowerment
This British Council funded capacity building project links UK and Indian universities to share knowledge and skills in teaching and researching women’s studies, including work on violence against women. The project includes curriculum development and cross-cultural exchange. It aims to develop strategic collaborative and comparative research on violence and abuse
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Different systems, similar outcomes? Tracking attrition in reported rape cases across Europe
Falling convictions rates for rape are of considerable concern to the UK government and policy makers. Publicity surrounding this trend, accompanied by rising reporting for almost two decades, has affected public confidence in the justice system, especially among women. This project will increase knowledge and understanding of responses to reported
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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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Children Domestic Violence Training Violence Against Women Young People
Trust Education Theatre Project
The Trust Education Theatre Project was commissioned by ‘Until the Violence Stops’, a campaigning and educational organisation. The objective of the project was to change attitudes of tolerance to violence by using drama to explore issues around healthy and unhealthy relationships. The Trust aimed: To explore young people’s expectations of
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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
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Criminal Justice System Domestic Violence Research Violence Against Women
ACPO Risk Assessment Evaluation
Risk assessment has become an increasingly significant aspect of police work in relation to domestic violence. The London Metropolitan Police developed a risk assessment process, as the result of findings from a project on Domestic Violence Murder Reviews for London in 2003. This risk assessment has been implemented in a
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Criminal Justice System Legislation Policy Statistics Violence Against Women
Updating the British Council Briefing Document on Violence against Women
This project involves updating the Briefing Document on violence against women, originally written by Liz Kelly and published in 1999. This involved taking into account new developments, international and national policy and legislation, and changes in practice. See Resources: Violence against Women: A briefing document on international
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Training Violence Against Women
British Council Seminar: New Approaches to Addressing Violence Against Women
Liz Kelly and Linda Regan of The Child and Woman Abuse Studies Unit (CWASU) are the Seminar Directors for this, the fourth international seminar on violence against women that they have run for the British Council (assisted by Jo Lovett). This event was a week-long residential seminar open to participants
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Policy Violence Against Women
Violence Against Women Strategy
This publication presents an argument for an integrated, long-term government-led strategy for addressing all forms of violence against women and girls. Analysis was undertaken of the most recent targets and initiatives of all government departments in order to assess the extent to which gender equality and violence against women are
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Europe Policy Research Violence Against Women
Co-ordination Action on Human Rights Violations (CAHRV) Review
CAHRV is a three-year project conducted through a collaborative effort of research institutions, policy networks, and individual researchers, including CWASU. The project addresses human rights violations in the context of inter-personal relationships. CAHRV aims to review and integrate research that addresses the linkages between violence and violent masculinity, on the
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Pornography Prostitution Research
Study and Report on Lapdancing
The study was requested to support the Glasgow CityCouncil’s concerns about lap dancing and table dancing. This is the first of its kind in the UK, based largely on observations within the six clubs, and interviews with key actord and informants. Conclusions: Lap dancing clubs are part of the sex
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Research Trafficking Violence Against Women
Synthesis Study on Human Trafficking and Smuggling in Terms of Impact on Poverty Reduction
Human trafficking and smuggling are increasingly significant components of human migration across the world, both in terms of volume and the connections with criminal activity. A major motivation of those who are trafficked or smuggled for employment is the alleviation of their own, or their family’s poverty. This short study
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Trafficking Violence Against Women
Survey of Trafficking in Persons in Central Asia
This one-year project focused on the assessment of the incidence of trafficking in persons for Central Asia, with particular emphasis on the link between labour migration and trafficking in women and children, as well as transit and destination patterns. The study focuses on data collected from Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic,
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Definitions Domestic Violence Research Support Projects
Effective awareness raising in cases of domestic violence
This report is the result of a small research project commissioned by The Women and Equality Unit, Department of Trade and Industry. Using focus groups, the study was designed to explore what information and messages are of most use to women wishing to escape domestic abuse. Seven focus groups were
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Criminal Justice System Legislation Rape Research
The Workings of Section 41 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act
The aim of this project is to examine the impact of s.41 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act (YJCEA) 1999 on the prosecution of sex offence cases. Whilst it is intended to explore the question of whether s.41 has affected attrition rates, the main focus of this study
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Europe Trafficking Training
Developing Minimum Standards for Professionals in the Balkans Responding to the Trafficking of Women and Girls for the Purposes of Sexual Exploitation
The objective of this capacity-building project was to contribute to international efforts to combat trafficking of women and girls for sexual exploitation within and from the Balkans, through the expansion, and awareness, of good practice in governmental, non-governmental and voluntary local agencies. The mechanism was to pilot training for trainers
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Domestic Violence Health Policy Research Support Projects
The Links Between Domestic Violence and Substance Misuse
This project, jointly funded by the Home Office and the Greater London Authority (GLA) aimed to; identify strategies for progression practice and policy through building upon the developing practice in both sectors; explore the overlap between domestic violence and substance use by men and women who are accessing services in
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Trafficking Training Violence Against Women
British Council International Seminar on Violence Against Women: Trafficking
Liz Kelly and Linda Regan of The Child and Woman Abuse Studies Unit (CWASU) are the Seminar Directors for this, the third international seminar on violence against women that they have run for the British Council. This event is a week-long residential seminar open to participants from all over the
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Europe Legislation Policy Prostitution Research Review Violence Against Women
Critical Examination of Responses to Prostitution in Four Countries
This review was commissioned by the Routes Out Social Inclusion Partnership in order to identify the most effective strategies that have worked elsewhere and use them to inform the work of the Partnership in Scotland. Aims of the review were to address: The current approach to prostitution; The previous approach
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Trafficking Violence Against Women
The Problem of Trafficking of Women and Children in Eastern India
This project will focus on trafficking in women and children in Eastern India (specifically on the border of Bangladesh and Nepal). Involving secondary analysis, direct field work, and public awareness raising workshops it will undertake the following: an assessment of the extent of trafficking in this area from existing secondary
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Trafficking Training Violence Against Women
Stopping Traffic: Building Counter-Trafficking Networks in Europe
This Project built upon the achievements of the DfiD funded Project, Developing Minimum Standards for Professionals in the Balkans Responding to the Trafficking of Women and Girls for the Purposes of Sexual Exploitation, by enabling networking and exchange between the Balkans countries to extend learning and knowledge of best
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Domestic Violence Evaluation Health Policy Support Projects
Evaluation of the Portsmouth Domestic Violence Early Intervention Project (EIP)
EIP is a pilot project based in Portsmouth that aims to reduce repeat victimisation by providing support and information about the options available to anyone experiencing domestic violence at the point of crisis. It seeks to do this by training hospital staff in Accident and Emergency and Maternity Departments to
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Domestic Violence Support Projects Violence Against Women
Evaluation of the Portsmouth Early Intervention Project
This project is an ongoing evaluation of the Portsmouth Domestic Violence Early Intervention Project (EIP). EIP is a pilot project based in Portsmouth that aims to reduce repeat victimisation by providing support andinformation about the options available to anyone experiencing domestic violence at the point of crisis. The project
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Health Policy Rape Support Projects
Review of Health Service Models for the Provision of Care to Persons Who Experienced Sexual Violence
This review of models of health service delivery for those who have experienced sexual violence will feed into and inform a broader World Health Organisation initiative to strengthen health sector responses to sexual violence. In addition to a review of the relevant literature, innovative models and examples of good practice
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Europe Rape Support Projects
Rape: Strengthening the Linkages – Consolidating the European Network Project
This project is a result of recommendations made and first steps taken from a previous Daphne-funded Project (Rape the Forgotten Issue). The role of CWASU in this multi-stranded project was to update our earlier research on attrition rates across Europe. This project resulted in the publication of a briefing document
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Legislation Policy Rape Research Review
Research Review on the Reporting, Investigation and Prosecution of Rape Cases
This research review was commissioned by HMCPSI to inform their Thematic Review into the Investigation and Prosecution of Cases Involving Allegations of Rape. It incorporates a review of the literature on the reporting, investigation and prosecution of rape cases, and whilst focusing on UK research, it also draws on related
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Anti-Violence (Self-Defence) Training: a key aspect of prevention and self help for women and girls
This research is an exploratory study designed to analyse the development of women’s self-defence (WSD), provide an overview of current levels of provision, and explore the cultural and structural barriers that frame WSD across Europe. It also assesses the contribution that self-defence training makes to the prevention of violence against
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Children Criminal Justice System Policy Research Violence Against Women
Investigative study of policy responses to violence against women in Canada
Canada was at the forefront of policy development in this field during the 1990s. The study made comparative analysis of current policy and practice in the UK and Canada is provided with regard to the following: UK and Canadian approaches to violence against women, and the activist movement; multi-agency and
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Europe Research Review Trafficking
Review of Research on Trafficking in Women and Children in Europe
The aims of this review are not merely to summarise what we know today about the trafficking of women and children for sexual exploitation, but also to organise the material into key themes; critically assess the knowledge base and identify gaps and future challenges. Focusing on trafficking from, into and
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Definitions Support Projects Violence Against Women
British Council Directory of UK Resources on Violence Against Women
As part of their efforts to promote gender equality and the status of women around the world, the British Council commissioned CWASU to compile its extensive knowledge of the institutions, organisations and individuals in the UK that are working in the field of violence against women. The Directory is intended
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Domestic Violence Health Rape Violence Against Women
Forensic Nurse pilot at the St Mary’s Sexual Assault Referral Centre
The St. Mary’s forensic nursing pilot was conducted as part of the Linked National Evaluation of Sexual Assault Referral Centres project (See below). St. Mary’s is one of seven Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARCs) in England. This pilot project was the first of its kind in the U.K. The
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Research Violence Against Women Young People
Young people’s attitudes to violence against women
Through their preventative work in schools, the youth sector and their provision of services, Dublin Women’s Aid recognised the need for explorative work with young women and men. This pilot project was developed with a view to providing a supportive, empowering environment for young people to discuss and explore the
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Criminal Justice System Europe Rape Support Projects
Rape: The Forgotten Issue? A European Research and Networking Project
The original idea for this project emerged from an international workshop on rape and was developed by three UK groups (CWASU, South Essex Rape and Incest Crisis Centre and Campaign to End Rape), supported by partners from Ireland (The Network of Rape Crisis Centres, Ireland) and Finland (Rape Crisis Centre,
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Evaluation Policy Rape Support Projects
Evaluation of the Crime Reduction Programme Violence Against Women Rape Projects, and a Linked National Evaluation of Sexual Assault Referral Centres
Three Linked Components: Evaluation of STAR (Surviving Trauma After Rape) Youth Service Intervention; Evaluation of REACH (Rape, Examination, Advice, Counselling and Help) Website Intervention; National Evaluation of Sexual Assault Referral Centres/Services (SARCs) including St Mary’s, REACH and STAR. Component 1 – The STAR Youth Service Intervention: This evaluation is focused
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Criminal Justice System Training Violence Against Women
Manual for European police forces on policing violence against women
The Council of Europe commissioned the work for The VIP Guide: Vision, Innovation and Professionalism in Policing Violence Against Women and Children. The title of this document refers to three aspects of police work that can transform responses to violence against women: Vision, Innovation and Professionalism. The
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Criminal Justice System Policy Rape Research Statistics
Understanding of Attrition, Decreasing Early Withdrawals and Developing Best Practice for Reporting Rape
This project, undertaken in conjunction with St Mary’s Sexual Assault Referral Centre, combines new crime analysis and an evaluation of the implementation of two linked interventions. The crime analysis of St Mary’s database involves identifying patterns with respect to the profile of and relationship (if any) between victims and perpetrators;
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Domestic Violence Europe Perpetrators Support Projects Training
Best practice Training and Materials for Working with Perpetrators of Domestic Violence and Their (ex) Partners
Domestic Violence Intervention Project (DVIP) In January 2000 DVIP and its European partners received Daphne funding for a project which aims to promote best practice with regard to domestic violence intervention both within the UK and across other European countries. The first stage of the project involved DVIP producing a
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Evaluation Policy Prostitution Support Projects
Evaluation of The Maze Marigold Project
This report presents the findings of an evaluation of The Maze Marigold Project, which works with girls and young women involved in prostitution in Spitalfields. The evaluation, which was undertaken as a co-operative venture between The Maze and CWASU, assesses the progress and performance of the Project against its stated
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Legislation Policy Statistics Trafficking
Trafficking in Women – the UK context
This report presents the findings of research carried out to assess the nature and extent of trafficking in women for the purposes of sexual exploitation and the law enforcement responses in the UK. This study is primarily based on a survey of police forces, placing this within the wider context
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Child Sexual Abuse/Exploitation Domestic Violence Rape Violence Against Women Young People
Young Women’s Vulnerabilities and Needs- An Internal Briefing Document
This review of what is known about violence against young women was prepared by way of online UK and international data searches, and the collation and secondary analysis of an array of research data held by CWASU. Findings and commentary on this analysis are presented in relation to specific forms
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Domestic Violence Europe Support Projects
Project Documentation 1998-1999 (Transnational Network of Experts from NGO Women Projects in Great Britain and Germany for Optimising the Action Against Domestic Violence)
The aim of this transnational project is to promote an exchange of preventative work and training concepts in responding to domestic violence by establishing a bi-national network of workers in Britain and Germany. The project promotes quality assurance in NGO women’s projects in the areas of service provision, preventative work
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Domestic Violence Policy Support Projects
Mapping Services Working With Families Where There is Domestic Violence
This project was conducted in association with Barnardo’s, The Children’s Society, NCH Action for Children, NSPCC, WAFE and CWASU, and set out to: identify and map family support work with women, children and men within both the statutory and voluntary sectors throughout the UK; identify innovative work throughout the country
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Child Sexual Abuse/Exploitation Effects of/surviving violence Research Statistics
A Qualitative Study of the Meaning and Impacts of Sexual Abuse in Childhood
The primary themes in this study were to explore the ways in which the gender and age of victim and abuser affected the meanings and impacts of sexual abuse in childhood in a non-clinical sample of women and men. Methods used in the project included: literature review of previous studies;
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Child Sexual Abuse/Exploitation Europe Legislation Policy Research
Sexual exploitation of children in the context of children’s rights and child protection – A European perspective
This report is based on a research proposal developed in partnership by CWASU (lead partner), Dublin Women’s Aid, Ireland and ROKS, Sweden. The trans-European Project collected detailed data from justice departments, state agencies and NGOs concerning a broad range of issues related to the sexual exploitation of children, including: the
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Europe Violence Against Women
Council of Europe Plan of Action for the group of specialists (EG-S-VL) on violence against women
This Group of Specialists for combating violence against women was established to develop this Plan of Action under the auspices of the Council of Europe’s Steering Committee for Equality between Women and Men. The nine members of this group constituted a geographically balanced representation of the member States of the
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Child Sexual Abuse/Exploitation Children Domestic Violence Effects of/surviving violence Research Young People
Children’s Needs, Coping Strategies and Understanding of Woman Abuse
This multi-methodological study sought to discover how both children and young people understand domestic violence and how those who have lived with it cope with, and make sense, of their experiences. The primary themes of this research were children’s general understandings and perceptions of domestic violence; including whether they see
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Domestic Violence Evaluation Research Violence Against Women
Evaluation of The Movement Project: A Violence Prevention Programme for Men – An Internal Report
This is the report of a CWASU evaluation of the Movement Project, based at the Cassel Centre, South London, which was established in the mid-1990s. During the evaluation period it provided a mix of group-based and one-to-one work with men who have been violent towards their partners. Three main types
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Research Violence Against Women Young People
Young People’s Attitudes Towards Violence, Sex and Relationships: A Survey and Focus Group Study
This study investigated young people’s attitudes towards violence, sex and relationships drawing upon a large-scale survey of 2,039 young people (mostly aged between 14 and 21), and ten in-depth focus groups. The study findings highlight the extent to which violence against women is tolerated by young people and documents widespread
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Evaluation Research
Research and Evaluation: An Internal Briefing Document
This paper acts as a guide for anyone who is intending to conduct an evaluation of the Zero Tolerance (ZT) Public Awareness Campaign or to commission any other research in relation to this Campaign. It provides a range of information directed at potential ZT evaluators/researchers, including: a discussion of the
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Domestic Violence Research Violence Against Women
Survey on women’s experiences of inter-personal violence – An Internal Report for Lambeth Safer Cities
Crime Audit by Lambeth Safer Cities found that women aged 17-29 form the highest number of victims of violence and crime against the person in the Borough. This and other related findings prompted a concern to extend the local knowledge base on women’s safety with regard to the extent, type
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Children Domestic Violence Policy Support Projects
Review of the position of and provision for children in English refuges
This study investigated work with children in refuges for women and children experiencing domestic violence. The study also explores the effects on children of experiencing and witnessing such violence. A multi-methodological approach was adopted involving archive research, a literature review, a detailed telephone survey of all refuge groups and nine
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Child Sexual Abuse/Exploitation Children Research Review Young People
Review of inter-agency communication in child protection cases
This internal project explored the ways in which workers from various agencies such as the social services, police and schools communicate with each other in their work on child protection cases. It also examined the manner in which Child Protection Plans are designed and whether or not they are adhered
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Child Sexual Abuse/Exploitation Children Europe Legislation Policy
What is known about child sexual exploitation in the UK
This document arose out of the work of the European Forum for Child Welfare, drawing on papers and discussions from two European conferences on Child Pornography and Sexual Exploitation held in London and Brussels in 1995. The report: summarises what is currently known about the sexual exploitation of children; documents
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Research Self Defence Violence Against Women
Making Women Safer – Or Not? An Evaluation of Hammersmith and Fulham Domestic Violence Alarm Scheme – An Internal Report
The Alarm Scheme that is evaluated in this study is one element within a broader effort by a local police force in Hammersmith and Fulham to respond in a more sensitive and focused manner to the needs of victims of crime. The Scheme began in September 1994 and involved the
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Domestic Violence Evaluation Perpetrators Support Projects
Evaluation of the Domestic Violence Intervention Project
Background There is currently no national policy on domestic violence in the UK. At the most basic level preventing violence against women in the home involves two components: increasing safety for the woman and her children in the short term, and ending the man’s violence in the longer term. DVIP
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Domestic Violence Research Violence Against Women
Developing community responses and resources for women experiencing domestic violence in the Kings Cross area
The report is based on three months research into the potential of developing community responses to the widespread problem of domestic violence in the King’s Cross area. Data were gathered via a literature review, questionnaires and interviews involving local organisations, both statutory and voluntary, and individual women based in the
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Children Evaluation Support Projects
Evaluation of Hammersmith and Fulham Women’s Aid Childwork Project
This is the report of an evaluation of Hammersmith and Fulham Women’s Aid childwork project. Whilst on a small scale, this evaluation was conducted using a continual discussion and feedback methodology with the intention of enabling HWA to introduce more systematic internal monitoring processes which form the basis for ongoing
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Evaluation Young People
Evaluation of Service Delivery to Young People – Internal Report for the Benefits Agency
This is the internal report of an evaluation of Benefits Agency practice in relation to 16 and 17 year old claimants in three agency districts – Leeds South, Euston and Hackney. In light of the special problems that exist for this potential group of claimants, it sets out what is
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Criminal Justice System Domestic Violence Evaluation
Evaluation of Domestic Violence Matters (A Development Project)
This report documents the multi-methodological evaluation of ‘Domestic Violence Matters’ (DVM), an adaptation of a Canadian project – the Family Consultancy Service (London, Ontario) – which involves locating a team of skilled civilian crisis interveners within the police service to follow up police responses to domestic violence. This experimental pilot
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Domestic Violence Training Violence Against Women
Challenging Domestic Violence: A Training and Resource Pack
This Training and Resource Pack is aimed at anyone wanting to address domestic violence in their work or community setting. It is based on the Multi-Disciplinary Training for Trainers course conducted by the authors in 1989. The Pack is designed to provide simple ideas for organising and conducting training around
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Domestic Violence Violence Against Women
Abuse of Women in the Home: Advice and Information
This is an advice and information pack on the abuse of women and children in the home. It is designed to inform women who are experiencing abuse themselves by providing practical information on stopping, escaping from and surviving a violent situation. The pack is also accessible to professionals and all
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Child Sexual Abuse/Exploitation Definitions Research Statistics
Exploratory Study of the Prevalence of Child Sexual Abuse
Research on the frequency of sexual abuse takes one of two forms: 1. Incidence studies which count the number of new cases within any one year. The Department of Health began collecting and collating figures from all social service departments in 1989. The figures for 1989 are 23,000 additional children
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Criminal Justice System Domestic Violence Support Projects
Exploratory Study of Council Policy and Practice and Local Support Services in the Area of Domestic Violence within Hammersmith and Fulham
This is the report of an eight-month study of the services available to women who experience domestic violence in the Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. By way of a literature review, and questionnaires and interviews completed by workers in both the statutory and voluntary sectors and women who have experienced
