Thursday 14th July would have been the 30th birthday of Shafilea Ahmed. Murdered by her parents in 2003 when she was 17, Shafilea was a British Pakistani girl who wanted to dress and behave like her friends, and to study to become a lawyer. Her dreams were cut short...
The rise in incidents of domestic abuse during and after football matches is well documented. Refuge state that every minute police in the UK receive a domestic assistance call. Police figures say that during football matches this increases by 38% if the...
The Encompass Project Nottinghamshire was set up in September 2014 with a pilot scheme and rolled out across the county in May 2015. Its purpose is to alert schools when one of their pupils may have witnessed or been involved in an incident of domestic abuse. The...
The 20th May saw the launch of a new campaign speaking out against domestic abuse in the UK. It’s the product of a partnership between London-based charity Hestia, who provide support to children and adults in crisis, and the US anti-violence initiative NO MORE. The...
Early in May, the hashtag #maybehedoesnthityou began trending on Twitter. Weeks later, and it’s still going strong, with thousands of users actively engaging with the idea. The sheer number of tweets, all detailing different aspects on non-physical abuse, is a...
The Government are launching a new inquiry into the scale and impact of sexual harassment and violence in schools. This issue originally came about because of the Fixers report whereby 300 students took part in numerous workshops across the UK. The results of the...
