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Female Aurora New Dawn DVA Car™ Advocate
Aurora New Dawn is pleased to announce the following job vacancy: Female * Aurora New Dawn DVA Car™ AdvocateAURORA NEW DAWN DVA CARS™ Aurora New Dawn is a female-led charity dedicated to ending violence and abuse against women and girls. Since 2011, we have offered safety, support, advocacy, and empowerment to survivors of domestic abuse,…
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16 Days of Action
What is 16 Days of Action? The 25th of November marks the start of 16 days of action. This is because the 25th is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women (IDEVAW 2020), for 16 days from then to the 10th of December (Human Rights Day) you can take action to support…
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Abusing the Privilege (An Anthem Lest I Forget)
In domestic situations, spilling the beans is by no means easy, always a messy business. And letting the cat out the bag means someone gets the nine tails and the boot. I’ll take it. Pulling the plug means the baby goes out with the bath water. So I’m keeping it under wraps behind closed doors.…
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Musings of a CEO from the frontline
The last time I wrote a blog was in March, it’s now November and the months have flown past in a busy haze, we are a week or so into the second lockdown and as the first lockdown saw 16 women murdered by men in the first 3 weeks, we are desperately worried about what…
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Cyber Safety
The world looks very different now from how it looked when we delivered our cyber safety stalking training sessions last year. Since lock-down started in March 2020, cyber-stalking has been an area of increasing national interest. We have been contacted by funders and researchers asking about how lock-down has affected cyber-stalking rates, with many expecting…
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Hampshire’s Multi-Agency Stalking Intervention Project (MASIP)
Aurora’s 24/7 helpline 02394 216 816 Aurora’s Stalking Service Manager, Lucy Kay, caught up with Detective Inspector James Stewart to talk about the work that Hampshire Constabulary undertake around stalking and whether this has been changing in the lock-down. What is Hampshire’s Multi-Agency Stalking Intervention Project (MASIP)? Since 2012, Hampshire has led the way nationally…
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Rebecca’s Story
I came into contact with the advocacy service when a colleague from work passed on the details of the organisation to me. I was working for a mental health team and a former service user had begun to stalk me. This involved multiple phone calls and a deluge of emails with inappropriate content, frequent complaints…
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Cyber-stalking
In our current state of lock-down, it is increasingly important for us to look at the risks of cyber-stalking and cyber safety. With our access to the physical world restricted and more of our time being spent online, this article will look at how cyber-stalking fits within the broader topic of stalking, how to capture…
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What is the impact of Coronavirus in the UK?
The impacts of Coronavirus in the UK can be felt all across the country. These impacts are mounting, especially now that we in the UK are all in a Coronavirus lock-down. As a result, everyone is feeling the stress and pressure of this unprecedented situation in different ways. What impacts is Covid-19/Coronavirus having in the…
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The COVID19 Pandemic Reveals the Epidemic of Male Violence Against Women
When I was a kid one of my favourite things to do was go to Canoe Lake in Southsea; for those of you who haven’t been, it’s epic. It’s not really a lake, nor does it have canoes, it’s more like a huge pond, but we like to talk big in Portsmouth. You can get…
