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December 31, 2020

Call for domestic abuse bill to reflect lived experience of coercive control

Women's Aid wants to see coercive and controlling behaviour named as a form of harm to children in the Domestic Abuse Bill which enters the House of Lords on 5 January 2021.
October 21, 2020

Domestic workers in Qatar suffer extreme overwork and abuse

The system continues to allow employers to treat domestic workers not as human beings but as possessions, says Amnesty.
October 20, 2020

Six out of ten women leaving prison are homeless

Women released from prison without a home, many with multiple vulnerabilities, are being set up to fail, says the Prison Reform Trust.
October 7, 2020

Church of England shamed by IICSA sexual abuse report

Cases examined by the child sex abuse enquiry inquiry demonstrated the Church’s failure to take seriously disclosures by or about children or to refer allegations to the statutory authorities, says the IICSA report.
September 25, 2020

Call for post offices to provide 'Address & Collect' for people with no fixed address

Citizens Advice says 7 million people have been unable to receive their post at some point over the last decade.
August 12, 2020

Call for Charity Commission to intervene over C of E safeguarding failures

Abuse survivors, senior lawyers, retired and one serving bishop, academics and other figures associated with the Church have written to Baroness Stowell of Beeston, Chair of the Charity Commission, calling on it to intervene in Church of England Safeguarding – especially with regard to its National Safeguarding Team, and the widely criticised (and secretive) ‘Core Groups’.
March 5, 2020

Safeguarding system needs to do more to protect teens and infants

At least half of all children who died or were seriously harmed were already identified as vulnerable.
January 5, 2020

Misleading new army adverts prey on vulnerable teenagers, says Peace Pledge Union

The British army has been accused of trying to exploit teenagers who lack self-confidence after launching their 2020 recruitment campaign.
December 21, 2019

Governments urged to reduce support for orphanages and help families instead

It is estimated that around 80 per cent of children in orphanages live there because families are too poor to provide for them.
December 21, 2019

Johnson's plan will put armed forces 'above the law'

Boris Johnson has been accused of planning to put armed forces personnel above the law after promising in the Queen’s Speech to end 'vexatious' claims against forces personnel.