domestic abuse

Features

‘Prison felt safer than the streets’: why women’s homelessness needs to be better understood

From rough sleeping to overstretched waiting lists for a social home, women in Bristol and beyond are disproportionately affected by the housing crisis – but their needs are often not recognised.

Inside the family court, where justice and trauma collide

Respite rooms offer a vital breathing space to women facing abuse and homelessness

Coronavirus in Bristol

Domestic violence services call for focus on perpetrators not just victims during coronavirus lockdown

We investigate why there has been an increase in domestic abuse during the coronavirus lockdown, and how best services can support both victims and perpetrators.

Features

How witness intimidation threatens us all

Reports

Survivors and ACORN escalate campaign for accountability on safe houses

Two survivors of domestic violence face homelessness, prompting calls for investigation

Survivors of domestic violence face homelessness, prompting calls for investigation

Learning not to abuse your partner

The programme that puts abusers at the heart of the solution.

Coercion: the disturbing hidden crime of controlling a partner

It’s at the heart of domestic abuse, but the police are failing to implement the new law.

A pioneering project to tackle gender-based violence needs help

The Cable speaks to Bristol Zero Tolerance about how the initiative to eradicate gender-based violence could be saved.

One25: Helping women off the streets

The charity's chief executive tells the Cable about supporting sex workers with love, and trying to help women off the streets.

Feminist library protestors “violently” evicted

Domestic violence campaigners have been “violently” evicted from Cheltenham Road Library.