Briefings
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- Scottish Women's Aid Information Briefing No 1
- 2010
- A series of information briefings about domestic abuse and violence against women.
- Information briefing No1: Understanding the relationship between domestic abuse and alcohol abuse [59 kB PDF]
- Scottish Women's Aid Information Briefing No 2
- 2010
- Information briefing No2: The impact of domestic abuse on women's health [58.9 kB PDF]
- Scottish Women's Aid Information Briefing No 3
- 2010
- Information briefing No3: The impact of domestic abuse on children and young people [53.8 kB PDF]
- Scottish Women's Aid Information Briefing No 4
- 2010
- Information briefing No4: Children and young people’s exposure to domestic abuse [52.6 kB PDF]
- Scottish Women's Aid Information Briefing No 5
- 2010
- Information briefing No5: Impact of domestic abuse on women's mental health [57.4 kB PDF]
- Dating Abuse: Information sheet for practitioners working with young people
- 2009
- This information sheet has been designed for practitioners working with young people. The information contained in it may help you to think about how you can approach dating abuse in your youth setting, hold perpetrators to account, further your own understanding of this issue and imbed challenging dating abuse in your work.
- Download Dating Abuse Briefing [75.9 kB PDF]
- Domestic abuse support services and the removal of ring fencing from Supporting People
- 2008
- Outlines the implications of removing ring fencing from Supporting People funding.
- Download Support services and ring fencing [396 kB PDF]
- What can contemporary gender theory contribute to understanding of violence in same sex relationships?
- 2007
- Argues that, far from excluding or overlooking abuse in same sex relationships, a gender-based analysis of domestic abuse and contemporary gender theory can assist considerably in our understanding of such abuse.
- Download Violence in same sex relationships [79.1 kB PDF]
- Sanctuary Schemes
- 2007
- Describes what sanctuary schemes are, how they have been used by local authorities in England to support women in their own homes, and SWA's concerns.
- Download Sanctuary Schemes [396 kB PDF]
- Divorce
- Family Law (Scotland) Act 2006
- 2006
- Describes measures in the Act to reduce the length of separation required before a couple can divorce, to abolish the concept of 'common law marriages' and to makes new provisions for religious divorces.
- Divorce [197 kB PDF]
- Interdicts
- Family Law (Scotland) Act 2006
- 2006
- Describes measures in the Act to extend protection given by interdicts
- Interdicts [206 kB PDF]
- Parental rights and responsibilities for unmarried fathers and contact orders
- Family Law (Scotland) Act 2006
- 2006
- Describes measures in the Act to extend access to parental responsibilities and rights for unmarried fathers.
- Download Parental rights and responsibilities [587 kB PDF]
- Domestic abuse and homelessness legislation
- Shelter practitioner article
- 2005
- Outlines the current legal and social rented housing situation for people who experience domestic abuse and become homeless as a result of it, particularly women.
- Download Domestic abuse and homelessness legislation [83.6 kB PDF]
- Occupancy Rights
- Family Law (Scotland) Act 2006
- Describes measures in the Act to limit, in certain circumstances, the occupancy rights of non-entitled spouses.
- Occupancy Rights [392 kB PDF]
- Rights for cohabiting couples
- Cohabiting Couples
- Describes measures in the Act to give new rights to couples who are living together.
- Download Rights for cohabiting couples [381 kB PDF]