Research and create awareness of key domestic abuse issues.
Advocate for policy change, especially for BAME, migrant, and LGBTQ+ survivors.
Connect stakeholders working in the domestic abuse field, in order to facilitate knowledge exchange and highlight innovation.
The Taskforce are researching the mechanisms currently in place for supporting Honour-Based Violence (HBV) survivors across Europe. We are investigating barriers to receiving support, including the immigration status and cultural differences of survivors, alongside the priority level that HBV receives in each country.
How do you support survivors of abuse in recovering their mental health when it is even harder to access services during the pandemic than it was before? We were joined in our panel by 3 professionals in the field of tech-based trauma support who shared their insight.
Our incredible panellists revealed how damaging and dangerous the government’s hostile environment is for migrant survivors of domestic abuse, who may risk deportation by the Home Office if they report their abuser.
Safia Bolton, Orlando Nicoletti
In this post, we explore the ways in which the State allows abusers to act with impunity, while handing them the tools to inflict violence against migrant women.
Safia Bolton, Shalini Medepalli, Orlando Nicoletti
This article highlights the key points raised in our workshop, including, crucially, how the domestic abuse Bill is not currently supporting migrant women. The workshop speakers revealed the issues faced by survivors as a result of the government's hostile environment policy.
Safia Bolton
This article provides an introduction to the ideas we explored in our panel discussion on tech-based support. Read for some key background information about the main issues we delved into in our discussion.
Safia Bolton and Tali Silas
Find out all about our most recent project - an investigation into how survivors of honour-based violence are supported by organisations across Europe.