Domestic abuse
Financial Abuse: A Guide
The Belfast Domestic & Sexual Violence Partnership has developed a leaflet on financial abuse – what is it, how to recognise it, and how to break free from it. The… Read more →The 2 child tax credit cap and ‘rape clause’
Opposing the two child cap and rape clause A briefing paper on issues relating to the 2-child tax credit cap and ‘rape clause’, published by the Women’s Policy Group Northern… Read more →Consultation on Safe Access to Healthcare Services
WAFNI response to consultation on Safe Access to Healthcare Services A response to Clare Bailey MLA’s consultation on safe access to healthcare services, and proposed buffer zones around reproductive health… Read more →Adoption & Children’s Bill – a response
Adoption and Children NI Bill A response from WAFNI on the Adoption & Children’s Bill for Northern Ireland.Listen Up Government! Capturing the voices of children and young people in NI
Listen Up Government – children and young people’s response to the draft NI strategy for CYP Women’s Aid consulted with children and young people in our services about what they… Read more →Children & Young People’s Strategy
WAFNI response to Children and Young People’s Stategy NIDraft Policing Plan 2017-18
WAFNI response to Draft Northern Ireland Policing Plan 2017-18 A response to the draft Policing Plan for Northern Ireland 2017-18Review of Family Justice: Further Evidence
WAFNI further evidence to family justice review group Supplementary written evidence supplied to Lord Justice Gillen and the Family Justice Review GroupNorthern Ireland Housing Executive Homelessness Strategy
NIHE homelessness strategy consultation response A response to the Northern Ireland Housing Executive’s draft Homelessness StrategyPfG Outcome 7: We have a safe community where we respect the law and each other
WAFNI repsonse to PfG outcome 7 delivery plans A response to DOJ’s delivery plan for Outcome 7 of the Programme for Government.Written evidence to Justice Committee – Stalking
WAFNI Stalking evidence for Justice Committee Evidence to the Justice Committee on a potential stalking law for Northern Ireland.Draft Programme For Government response
Draft Programme for Government responseProposals to withdraw statistics compendia on age and gender
Proposals for withdrawal of compendia on ‘A profile of older people in Northern Ireland’ and ‘Gender Equality Statistics’Protect Life 2: A strategy for Suicide Prevention
WAFNI response to Protect Life 2 Suicide strategyProgramme for Government Framework consultation
Women’s Aid NI response to the draft Programme for Government Framework.Consultation on a domestic abuse offence and domestic violence disclosure scheme
Women’s Aid NI response to DOJ consultation on a domestic abuse offence, coercive control, and Clare’s Law for Northern Ireland.A Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme for NI
Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK that does not have a domestic violence disclosure scheme. A DVDS is a scheme that allows people to ask police if… Read more →Coercive Control: Why we need to change the law
Domestic violence is about so much more than physical violence. It is a pattern of control and manipulation driven by deeply-held beliefs of entitlement. Find out more about coercive control… Read more →Stopping Domestic and Sexual Violence and Abuse in Northern Ireland 2013-2020
Response to Department of Justice (DoJ) and Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety (DHSSPS) consultation.NIWEP Shadow Report to CEDAW
Shadow Report Submitted by the Northern Ireland Women’s European Platform for the Examination of the Government Of Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the 55th Session Of the Committee On… Read more →The Elimination and Prevention of all Forms of Violence Against Women and Girls
Agreed conclusions from the 57th session of the Commission on the Status of Women on 4–15 March 2013.Risk Identification Assessment and Management In Relation To Domestic Abuse, Stalking & Harassment and Honour Based Violence (DASH)
Response to Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) consultation.Older women and domestic violence in Northern Ireland – Executive Summary
A CAP funded research report, written by Anne Lazenbatt, John Devaney and Aideen Gildea, Queen’s University Belfast
Help for LGBT People
Useful information for lesbian, gay, bisexual or trans people who have concerns about domestic or sexual violence24 Hour Domestic & Sexual Violence Helpline
Useful information for about the Helpline.Domestic Violence & Abuse
More information about the criminal and civil law for victims of domestic violence.
