{"id":5569,"date":"2021-08-04T18:48:14","date_gmt":"2021-08-04T18:48:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/safeguardinghub.co.uk\/?p=5569"},"modified":"2021-08-04T18:48:14","modified_gmt":"2021-08-04T18:48:14","slug":"cuts-to-pioneering-service-will-deny-women-the-help-they-need-more-than-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/safeguardinghub.co.uk\/cuts-to-pioneering-service-will-deny-women-the-help-they-need-more-than-ever\/","title":{"rendered":"Cuts to pioneering service will deny women the help they need more than ever"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a><\/p>\n It\u2019s 45 years since Scottish Women\u2019s Aid was established at a time when men could beat and rape their partners with impunity.<\/p>\n The women who founded it were pioneers, derided as harridan bra burners and men haters and they faced aggression from the public, the police and politicians.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n They fought with such tenacity for women and children suffering intimate terrorism in their homes and it was an uphill battle but they created a cultural shift.<\/p>\n There are still those who deem abuse of a woman, as \u201cjust a\u00a0domestic\u201d<\/a>\u00a0but thankfully far less than before.<\/p>\n Founders I spoke to talk of bolting into homes with women and grabbing their. belongings, of crying at the funerals of women who had been killed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n All these years later, two women are killed by their male partner every week, so yes, there has been progress but not enough.<\/p>\n Read the full story from the Daily Record below:<\/p>\n