Katie Smith

Milestone! 🚩The IRIS+ Study has run its first 2 training sessions for clinicians in GP practices. 🎉

IRIS+ is investigating whether the successful IRIS domestic abuse (DA) intervention for women can also help clinicians identify & refer children & men to specialist DA services.

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I'm delighted that the Friends & Family Handbook (www.womensaid.org.uk/information-...) is now live on Women's Aid Federation of England website. Writing this resource was a real passion project for me, not least because I have personal experience of feeling out of my depth whilst offering support.

Netflix's powerful incel drama Adolescence to be shown in schools Netflix's hit show Adolescence is to be shown in secondary schools, the government has confirmed.

As this govt nears its first year in power—still without a substantial real terms funding increase to honour its pledge to halve violence against women and girls—the speed of approval to show Adolescence in schools feels like PR. Where is the national strategy, the support, the training?

Five years ago, the first Covid lockdown trapped domestic abuse survivors in homes that weren’t safe. I was working at Women’s Aid at the time and we used admin data to inform the policy response and get more support for survivors. Read more here: bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...

More than 170 mothers killed by their sons in 15 years in UK, report reveals Data analysing deaths of all 2,000 women killed by men since 2009 reveals hidden scourge of matricide

The 2000 Women report by @femicidecensus.bsky.social provides critical data on men’s fatal violence in the UK - showing that 1 woman has been killed every 3 days since 2009. If Labour wants to meet its commitment to halve VAWG, we need to see change now🧵 www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

National Helpline for LGBT+ Victims and Survivors of Abuse and Violence 0800 999 5428

Galop's National Helpline is for LGBT+ people experiencing abuse or violence, such as hate crime, domestic abuse, sexual violence, so-called “conversion therapy” or any other kind of abuse.

We're run by LGBT+ people, for LGBT+ people.

📞 0800 999 5428
📧 help@galop.org.uk
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📣 Still time to submit to our special edition of Frontiers on 'Enchancing Data Collection and Integration to Reduce Health Harms and Inequalities Linked to Violence'.

Excited to be working with @anniebunce.bsky.social and Estela Capelas Barbosa on this!

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Thank you for an insightful and informative webinar. Grateful for the important work and research being done on this much needed topic!