In accordance with the contemporary re-evaluation of women’s status during the early-to-mid 1970s, there grew awareness that not only was domestic violence a deeply embedded social problem but one which demanded urgent confrontation. Further to the emergence of Women’s Aid…
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Sixteen Days Against Violence Against Women
Today, Thursday, 25th November 2010, sees the launch of 16 Days of Action to Eliminate Violence Against Women. Events are planned worldwide to increase awareness of this pressing problem, which continues to require immediate attention and intervention today. My own…
Remembering Scottish Women’s Aid in the 1970s and 1980s
As part of my research into marriage and marriage breakdown in late twentieth-century Scotland, I have been lucky enough to be able to examine a series of twelve oral history interviews that were conducted as part of the Scottish Women’s…