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Help women with no recourse to public funds
These women are effectively denied access to routes to safety that are available to other victims of abuse. The Domestic Abuse Bill currently making
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No pledge money and no accommodation
The government’s purported proposals ‘do not constitute a crisis response’. The Public Interest Law Centre and Southall Black Sisters have
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Judgement forces backward step on women
Decision leaves minority women exposed to deception by abusive husbands. In what can only be described as a sad and distressing judgement, the Court
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Important judgement on Muslim marriage challenged
“This is not about recognising religious marriages; it is about the state guaranteeing equality to all before the law.” On 31 July 2018, Mr
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Migrant women need domestic abuse bill too
Protection from abuse and torture is a human right; it must not be dependent on visa status. Southall Black Sisters and the Latin American Women’s