Data from the Office for National Statistics shows 27,754 women were referred to a refuge between April 2022 and March 2023 but only 10,824 were accepted, with 16,930 women left with nowhere to go.

The solution must not be to force women offline, it must be to empower them to use tech safely and confidently.” Refuge’s Digital Break-Up tool, which is live now, includes a step-by-step ...

It is an innovative approach that builds on the pioneering work of others. The women’s refuge movement that was pioneered by Erin Pizzey in the 1970s soon gained a great deal of momentum and ...

The new Wexford Women’s Refuge sees capacity for vulnerable women and children within the county increase three-fold. Speaking at the official opening of the new building on Thursday afternoon ...

A new €6.5 million domestic violence refuge for women and children will open in Wexford on Thursday. The facility, which consists of 12 family units, has been funded by the Government through ...

At Leeds Women's Aid, around 70% of the women who come to the refuge bring children with them and helping those children lead as normal a life as possible is a big challenge. I have spoken to ...

Its growing appeal reflects a surge in affinity-based platforms — like Letterboxd for movie buffs and GoodReads for book lovers — that provide a refuge from social-media giants, while offering ...

More than half of domestic abuse survivors face homelessness after being turned away from refuges due to a chronic national ...

The latest figures show around six in 10 women fleeing domestic violence who sought a space in a refuge in England over a year were denied a place. Data from the Office for National Statistics ...