Right, I’ve been doing some reading (and writing) about young women’s experiences in public space, and it’s made me so angry and upset that I have to share a digest with you all.

We stand with @SELMATAHA and her friends, who not only endured a racist attack, but are now facing a legal battle as a result. Criminalising victims of racism in this way is appalling. #IStandWithSelmaTaha

This month's newsletter is now live🔴We covered:

✨Our national CAPVA survey
✨Make a Change #makeachangeDA's Newcastle site launch
✨Domestic Abuse Commissioner's new survivor voice platform
✨Southall Black Sisters' letter RE provisons for migrant victims
✨Womens Resource Centre's survey of the London VAWG sector

& more!

Really excited to be welcoming Harriet Wistrich to CRiVA in May to hear about her new book and buy a signed copy from Collected Books Durham - please share with your North East networks eventbrite.co.uk/e/sister-in-la…

Please share far and wide - it's our last push to get a brilliant Respect Director of Finance & Ops to cover maternity leave! They'll be joining a fantastic senior team, great organisation and brilliant cause🤩if I say so myself 😁

The domestic abuse sector is facing a workforce crisis.

Short contracts and the increased cost of living mean our sector is haemorrhaging talent and expertise.

We've joined Women's Aid and others to call for sustainable funding and action to tackle current pressures ⬇️

#LastFeministsStanding #Manifestoing
Some women will work into the wee hours to end #GenderBasedViolence
Professor Nicole Nicole Jacobs Dr Kelly Henderson Jo Todd Zuzana Žilková

On my way to the CRiVA The University of Central Lancashire - UCLan #genderbasedviolence conference this morning in Leeds #earlystart #blearyeyed can't wait to see everyone!

Solidarity with Diane Abbott!

Black women MPs and those who take part in any kind of public life face misogynoir and threats of violence daily.

These are not just words, they are deployed to silence us and they have serious and dangerous consequences
theguardian.com/politics/2024/…

What Diane Abbott MP experienced in Parliament today sickens me to my core. A Black woman not being permitted to speak when she is the actual subject being discussed is simply appalling #racism #misogynoir

1⃣ Are you a victim or survivor of domestic abuse?
2⃣ Do you want to use your voice to make change?

🖋️ Then sign up for VOICES, my virtual platform for survivors of #DomesticAbuse that I launched earlier today.

I look forward to hearing from you! 👇
domesticabusecommissioner.uk/voices/

Please pass this on/repost. Children and young people hurting their parents and carers is such a hidden issue. We're pushing for more support for both the children/young people and the parents/carers and we'd like to hear from as wide a range of people as possible #CAPVA

Rallying cry from Debra Allcock Tyler to men on #IWD - 'whispered allyship is not allyship' so come on men, step up loudly in support of women!

UK mothers earned £4.44 less an hour than fathers in 2023, finds analysis dlvr.it/T3n2sJ

Strengthening Responses to Perpetrators of Domestic Abuse Across London starts at 9:30, with keynote speakers taking the stage at 10:00. #DrivePanLondon

To learn more about the launch of the Drive Project as a pan-London service, check out our website: drivepartnership.org.uk/publication/in…

It isn't often you get two mentions in the Respect
Newsletter 😄. Thanks! Sign up to get your monthly updates in the Domestic Abuse sector.
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The only ‘no-go’ zones worth discussing are the houses where victim-survivors are trapped with perpetrators, and cannot leave due to lack of funds, not enough refuge places or inability to access community based services. Both currently in jeopardy owing to funding cuts.

We support Domestic Abuse Commissioner who has today written to Michael Gove calling for urgent action to protect domestic abuse services at risk of disappearing due to councils funding crisis. Read our full statement here: womensaid.org.uk/womens-aid-res…