Research shows local authorities are failing to respond to children’s needs A groundbreaking report released by national domestic violence charity Refuge and the NSPCC, funded by the City of London’s City Bridge Trust, shows children living with or affected by domestic violence are neglected by services that are intended to support and protect them. The [...]
The Fawcett Society has responded to the Chancellor’s Autumn Financial Statement. Anna Bird, Acting Chief Executive, said: “The Government’s approach to reducing the deficit has seen women bearing the brunt of cuts. Women’s unemployment is at a record high, women are absorbing the bulk of cuts to benefits, and women are being expected to ‘plug [...]
The Fawcett Society has commented on the findings of the 2010 – 11 Office of National Statistics Annual Survey of Hourly Earnings from the Office of National Statistics. Anna Bird, Acting Chief Executive, said: “More than 40 years after the Dagenham machinists went on strike, in a move that triggered the Equal Pay Act, women [...]
Why march in defence of Women’s Rights! Fawcett Society Day Of Action: Saturday 19th November! Dawn’s story “I am a lone parent based in North Manchester and my son Ethan had a place at Sure Start Belthorne Children’s Centre nursery. To be able to walk into the Centres and see other friendly and happy people [...]
Commenting on news that the number of women unemployed has reached 1.09 million, Anna Bird, Acting Chief Executive of the Fawcett Society, said: “The government’s approach to reducing the deficit is pushing women out of the workplace, and threatening their financial independence. Recent research found that more than two thirds of jobs lost in local [...]
Imkaan Developing Service Standards … Imkaan is happy to announce that with the support of Trust for London we are developing Service Standards on Working with Forced Marriage, Female Genital Mutilation and ‘Honour’- Based Violence for the Specialist Black Minority Ethnic and Refugee Violence against Women and girls sector. We will be working in partnership [...]
Following a decade of radical growth and seven acclaimed festivals, Birds Eye View will not be running a film festival in 2012, but will instead be working towards a sustainable plan for 2013 and beyond. Why not? Over the past few years, the UK Film Council supported the Birds Eye View Film Festival through their [...]
Voice4Change England and the Women’s Resource Centre have been commissioned by the Office for Civil Society to provide advice to Government on: • The challenges that inequalities present to the Big Society agenda and how to address them. • The opportunities for tackling inequalities that the Big Society agenda offers. The Big Society has been [...]
Refuge has come a long way since it opened the world’s first refuge in 1971. What started out as a single house in Chiswick, West London, has grown to become the country’s largest single provider of emergency accommodation and specialist support for women and children fleeing domestic violence. Securing Refuge’s funding is becoming more and [...]
The Fawcett Society, backed by a coalition of more than 20 charities, unions and academics, will tomorrow unveil a new report entitled ‘A Life Raft for Women’s Equality.’ (1) Detailing a series of key policy recommendations for government, the Life Raft for Women’s Equality comes amid growing evidence that the government’s approach to reducing the [...]
