Women's Aid has launched a major campaign to push for a national system of funding for specialist domestic violence refuges - urgently, before they disappear as a result of cuts and misguided decisions by local funders. But it's important to put these life-saving services in context, and understand the severe and complex needs of survivors of domestic violence - and the fact that only a system of services which puts those needs at the centre can hope to support women and children to lasting recovery. I'm often asked, is it all about refuges? Well, no, it is all about empowerment....
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