A CAMPAIGN has been launched by Welsh Government to tackle the underlying reasons for violence against women, domestic abuse and sexual violence. The multimedia campaign, launching today, is encouraging people to talk about their experiences and concepts of stereotypes using the hashtag #thisisme. It includes TV, radio and online adverts showing people in situations and […]

As Welsh Women’s Aid marks 40 years of campaigning to end violence against women, Sarah from Monmouth reveals how living with an abusive partner made her question her own sanity. It sounds such a cliche, but when I first met my ex-partner, he was the perfect gentleman. We were friends for two years, having met […]

Play about FGM tours secondary schools to raise awareness of issue Samantha Lauren King | 10:00, Jan 28, 2018 A critically acclaimed play about female genital mutilation (FGM) in Britain is touring secondary schools to educate pupils on the issue. The play Cuttin’It tells the story of two British-Somali teenage girls who have both experienced […]

Hundreds of honour violence and forced marriage crimes are going unpunished in London, according to new figures. Data shows that police recorded 759 honour violence crimes and 265 forced marriages in the capital between 2015 and 2017 – but just 138 people were charged with offences. The statistics also show that prosecution rates for both […]

Forced marriage is a hidden crime that’s on the rise, with recent figures showing an increase of 20% over the last two years. In 2016 alone, there were 1428 reported cases across the UK, with more than one in ten of these taking place in the North West – making it one of the top […]

A woman who survived an alleged attack by an accused rapist and murderer has described what she thought would be her last moments alive. The woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, told a court how Mujahid Arshid, 33, raped her then slashed her neck and wrists with a knife before telling her she […]

Exclusive: At least 14,250 women and girls living in the UK have undergone FGM “It was painful, so painful, there was blood everywhere,” Yeabu recalls. “There were other people watching in the room. They were singing their own songs. They were happy when they were cutting me.” Yeabu* was 16 when her parents sent her to […]

Two parents have admitted trying to taking their children out of the UK in the face of a court order. The man and woman from Teesside, who cannot be named for legal reasons, previously denied four charges of flouting a forced marriage protection order. They were to stand trial at Teesside Crown Court this week. But after […]

Marai Larasi “It felt profoundly meaningful to attend the Golden Globes alongside other inspirational activists and organisers fighting for equality for all women. So often in this work, women who have been marginalised in our societies are spoken ‘for’ and ‘about’, but we are rarely handed the microphone and invited to share our own narratives. […]