DVCN - Domestic Violence Co-ordinators Network

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3rd February 2017

Sounds Familiar Report, The Fawcett Society

Sounds Familiar -  a study of more than 8,000 people by the Fawcett Society found that two out of five men and one-third of women thought that a woman was partially to blame for being sexually assaulted if she was out late at night, drinking and wearing a short skirt.


These findings help to explain why misogyny is so widespread, why violence against women and girls remains commonplace, and why the gender pay gap remains so hard to close.


 


http://www.fawcettsociety.org.uk/2017/01/sounds-familiar/

5th March 2013

Iceland seeks to ban Internet pornography

Iceland is looking to take a huge step towards battling violence against women

25th February 2013

7 March 2013 18:00 ~ International Women's Day Lecture: 'How Shall we Live? - Stoke-on-Trent

Joanna Yarrow, writer; broadcaster and campaigner; expert in sustainable lifestyles and Director of Beyond Green, will deliver a lecture,

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