Last night, Women\u2019s Aid celebrated 50 years of supporting survivors and pioneering change at a special celebration event. This exciting event, which brought together famous faces, political figures, supporters, and survivors, presented an opportunity to reflect on the incredible achievements of the organisation over the last 50 years, whilst also looking forward at what still needs to be done to create a future where women and children can live free from abuse.<\/p>\n
This year marks 50 years since the Women\u2019s Aid federation in England was first founded, making this their golden anniversary. While there has been a lot of positive change since 1974, including the introduction of the landmark Domestic Abuse Act in 2021 and the criminalisation of coercive and controlling behaviours in 2015, the reality for countless woman today is still far from golden.<\/p>\n
This special event asked guests to \u2018Come together to End Domestic Abuse\u2019. It is time to call \u201ccut\u201d on misogyny and sexism, and for everyone to take \u201caction\u201d to end this insidious form gender-based abuse.<\/p>\n
The evening at the London offices of Netflix kicked off with speeches from Ben King, Head of Policy at Netflix, and Nikki Bradley, Director of Services at Women\u2019s Aid, with some powerful video messages from survivors of domestic abuse.<\/p>\n
Ivy Irons gave a special live performance at the event, and Women\u2019s Aid Ambassador Michelle Griffith Robinson gave a speech about the achievements of the organisation and her involvement with the charity. The fun filled night ended with DJ sets from Simone Butler from Primal Scream and Ashley James.<\/p>\n
The event was attended by a whole host of guests, including Women\u2019s Aid Ambassador Lucy Gaskell, Minister for Safeguarding and Violence against Women and Girls Jess Phillips MP, representatives from corporate partners, and media.<\/p>\n
Nikki Bradley MBE, Director of Services at Women’s Aid, said:<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s never been more important to come together as a society to safeguard the future of women and children. With domestic abuse and male violence reaching epidemic levels, now is the time to put a spotlight on what we can all do to call \u2018Cut\u2019 on ending abuse for good.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Jess Phillips, Minister for Safeguarding and Violence Against Women & Girls, said:<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cIt was an honour to be part of Women\u2019s Aid\u2019s golden anniversary and reflect on 50 pioneering years of crucial protection for women and girls against dangerous, vile perpetrators.<\/p>\n But this hard work cannot end here. I believe passionately that change is needed and that until it is achieved, we cannot rest.\u00a0<\/span>Violence against women and girls is very much a national emergency. I will do everything in my power to halve it, address its deep-rooted causes and continue fantastic work with Women\u2019s Aid to make women safer.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Women\u2019s Aid calls to end domestic abuse for good with special golden anniversary event Last night, Women\u2019s Aid celebrated 50 years of supporting survivors and pioneering change at a special celebration event. This exciting event, which brought together famous faces, political figures, supporters, and survivors, presented an opportunity to reflect on the incredible achievements of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1464,"featured_media":46193,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"pmpro_default_level":"","inline_featured_image":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46083","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","pmpro-has-access"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n