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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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Prejudices, it is well known, are most difficult to eradicate from the heart whose soil has never been loosened or fertilized by education; they grow there, firm as weeds among rocks

Charlotte Bronte, Author (1847)

Since 1984, almost half of all Rape Crisis Centres have been forced to close due to lack of funding.

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If you or a friend need help

Domestic abuse and violence frightens and disempowers women and children, and no-one wants to live in fear.

Click on the headings on the left hand side of the page to find out more about available support services and legal protection.

The number for the Wales Domestic Abuse Helpline is 0808 80 10 800. The Helpline is open 24 hours. The Helpline is for anyone who is experiencing, or has experienced domestic abuse, or for anyone who is worried about domestic abuse happening to a friend, family member or colleague. It is free, confidential and the number will not show up on a telephone bill.

Always dial 999 in an emergency.