Category: VAWG
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The threat to domestic violence support services for women in Edinburgh
Introduction This blog looks at a recent threat to funding provided by the City of Edinburgh Council to Edinburgh Women’s Aid (EWA). This arose from an objection to EWA’s...
16th June 2025
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Who do politicians listen to and what questions should they ask? Rape Crisis Scotland as a case study
On 24 February, Lucy Hunter Blackburn spoke to the Forth Valley Feminist Gaithering in Falkirk. The event took place a few weeks after the hearing in the case of...
21st May 2024
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Edging back to normality? The report of the Scottish Government’s Independent Strategic Review of Funding and Commissioning of Violence Against Women and Girls Services
In 2021, the Scottish Government established an independent review to look at the funding and commissioning of services dealing with violence against women and girls (VAWG). Its report was...
9th June 2023