Posts Tagged ‘domestic abuse’
Glasgow Women’s Aid team up with Glasgow City FC to launch ‘He Loves Me Not’ Campaign.
Glasgow Women’s Aid have teamed up with the women of Glasgow City Football Club to launch our new Valentine’s Day Campaign – ‘He Loves Me Not’. “Partnering with Glasgow Women’s Aid on their ”He Loves Me Not” campaign not only strengthens our partnership with a local charity that puts these groups at the heart of…
Read MoreLenient Sentence for Stuart Hogg Sends Dangerous Message to Domestic Abuse Perpetrators
Stuart Hogg, Former Scotland rugby union captain has been given a community payback with one year of supervision along with a second five-year non-harassment order supervised for a year as an alternative to jail after he admitting to abusing his wife over the course of five years. Glasgow Women’s Aid expresses deep concern over the recent sentencing…
Read MoreStatement on the guilty verdicts in the Pelicot mass rape trial.
Dominique Pelicot has been jailed for 20 years for drugging his wife and recruiting strangers to rape and sexually assault her for years. Fifty other men have been sentenced along side him. Gisele Pelicot has demonstrated remarkable courage and resilience by coming forward and waiving her right to anonymity in pursuit of justice. In doing…
Read MorePress Release on the increase in Domestic Abuse figures reported by Police Scotland
A statement from the CEO of Glasgow Women’s Aid, Angela Devine on the figures released by Police Scotland on 11/12/24 showing 20,271 reported crimes of domestic abuse between April and September – a rise of 11%: “Unfortunately, we are notsurprised by these figures, we know that most domesticabuse incidents go unreported, so these statistics only…
Read MoreIncrease in domestic abuse incidents 23/24
The recent report Domestic abuse recorded by the police in Scotland, 2023-24 indicating a 3% increase in domestic abuse incidents in Scotland is a sobering reminder of the urgent need for both prevention and support. We are also know that many incidents of domestic abuse go unreported so the true number may be much higher.…
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