DVCN - Domestic Violence Co-ordinators Network

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3rd April 2013

Welsh Women's Aid (WWA) response to South Wales Police being investigated for handling of crimes relating to violence against women

The IPCC is conducting five investigations into South Wales Police’s handlings of VAW cases, just two years after an investigation into the deaths of four women in South Wales as a result of domestic violence. A further investigation is being conducted into a complaint from another alleged victim of domestic violence who says that details of her allegations of domestic abuse perpetrated against her by South Wales police officer partner were leaked to him by colleagues, putting her at risk. 


Click here to read WWA's response.


WWA will be meeting with the South Wales Police and Crime Commissioner to discuss further

25th March 2014

Northamptonshire domestic violence refuges reprieved until September 2014

The planned closure of refuges that protect female domestic abuse victims in Northamptonshire has been halted

25th March 2014

CSW calls for a stand-alone goal on gender equality and womens rights

Over the last two weeks, women have been defending their rights at the United Nations 58th Commission on the Status of Women

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