"Ramadhan brings out the beast in him. When he is fasting it’s more aggressive, if you say anything he can flare up" - Aasifa reflects on the holy month of Ramadhan and the extra struggles it can bring for women and girls.

This blog post will explore the intersectional inequalities and lived experiences of Deaf and deaf blind survivors,  and survivors with disabilities going through violence and abuse as they are often ignored. Women who are Deaf and /or have disabilities are  2 to 4 times more likely to experience domestic violence than hearing or able bodied women.   Around 22 Deaf women are at risk of abuse every day. In spite of this,  Deaf survivors face significant barriers accessing support.

In this open letter, women from different faiths unite in voicing safeguarding concerns over the current legislation for Assisted Dying.

It’s five years since the introduction of the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 and the House of Lords are carrying out a review into its effectiveness. We asked our members, most of them frontline VAWG organisations with first-hand experience of the act, to share their expertise. From this we submitted our feedback and recommendations for how the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 could better support survivors from faith backgrounds. The government asked for feedback in ten different areas, we reported on eight of those:

Find out more about some of the events we've held for the VAWG sector and for survivors of faith