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Welsh Women's Aid are pleased to announce that the no recourse to public funds pilot has now been extended to March 2011

Welsh Women's Aid are pleased to inform you that the no recourse to public funds pilot has now been extended to March 2011.

Violence, abuse, bullying: an untold story of disabled people living in Wales

The EHRC are currently conducting a Formal Inquiry into disability-related harrassment, whereby they will examine the experiences of disabled people, their families, friends and carers, as well as examining whether those who have experienced harrassment have been supported or not by public authorities.

Important: Sojourner Project - Extended until 17th September 2010

The Sojourner Project is for women with no recourse to public funds, who entered the UK on a spousal visa and are eligible to apply for Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) under the Domestic Violence Rule.

UN Women Born: Civil Society Celebrates Creation of Gender Equality Entity After Four Years of Advocacy

PRESS RELEASE 1 July 2010   Contact: Charlotte Bunch, 732-642-5271 or cbunch@igc.

NEW WEBSITE LAUNCHED FOR DOMESTIC ABUSE VICTIMS AS REPORTED CASES PREDICTED TO RISE DURING WORLD CUP

  Welsh Women’s Aid & Wales Domestic Abuse Helpline PRESS RELEASE For immediate release 04.

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The Welsh Assembly Government is committed to tackling this persistent form of inequality for women as well as underpinning our commitment to all victims of domestic abuse.

Carl Sargeant, Minister for Social Justice & Local Government, 25 March 2010

Violence against women and girls continues unabated in every continent, country and culture. It takes a devastating toll on women’s lives, on their families, and on society as a whole. Most societies prohibit such violence — yet the reality is that too often, it is covered up or tacitly condoned

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, 8 March 2007

Women's Aid Groups in Wales

Aberconwy (Llandudno) Bangor Colwyn Rhyl Glyndwr (Denbigh) Deeside Delyn (Holywell) Wrexham De Gwynedd (Blaenau Ffestiniog) Aberystwyth Radnorshire (Llandrindod Wells) Cardigan Pembrokeshire (Haverfordwest) Carmarthen Brecnock Amman Valley (Ammanford) Llanelli A Lliw Valley (Pontardawe) Swansea Neath Cwm Cynon (Aberdare) Merthyr Tydfil Port Talbot Bridgend Rhondda (Ferndale) Vale of Glamorgan (Barry) BAWSO (Black Association of Women Step Out) Cardiff Pontypridd Rhymney Valley (Caerphilly) Torfaen (Old Cwmbran) Newport