Response to UK Parliament Inquiry Call for Evidence: Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG): Violence Against Women, Domestic Abuse, and Sexual Violence Research Network

This paper includes evidence compiled from the Violence Against Women, Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence Research Network for Wales. It highlights what is working well (intersectional approach, VAWG is everybody’s business, the inclusion of suicide as a result of DA in the homicide figures, the multi-agency approach, recognition of by and for services, the prominence of survivor voice, and examples of good practice in Wales). It then considers challenges (conflicts between devolved and not devolved policy, the availability of nuanced data, the barriers to reporting, terminology that excludes, a punitive approach, a lack of training for professionals, inconsistent and short-term funding, a lack of understanding of intersecting identities). Finally, the paper includes two case studies from services in Wales, Bawso, which supports survivors from racialised communities, and Dewis Choice, which supports older survivors.