davinajh.bsky.social
@davinajh.bsky.social
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Our response to this afternoon's Spending Review:
www.agendaalliance.org/news/agendaa...
June 11, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Very pleased to be part of this research team involving hundreds of people but with one consistent message: the system is broken.

www.tcd.ie/news_events/...
Irish family law system causes ‘secondary victimisation’
The report was authored by social scientists from the School of Social Work and Social Policy and legal experts from University College Cork.
www.tcd.ie
June 4, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Love this.
❤️ 5 in 6 boys think andrew tate is a prick ❤️
I absolutely love this poem by @holliemcnish.bsky.social – 5 in 6 boys think Andrew Tate is a prick
May 30, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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Huge thanks to @davinajh.bsky.social for her #education session with the #FiLiA volunteer collective this evening ‘Domestic Abuse Related Deaths - are we learning the lessons?’

Davina has spent the last 40 years working in the #MVAWG sector and she will be speaking at #FiLiA2025 #linkinourbio
May 19, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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📢BREAKING

Our report #SafetyAndSurvival uncovers shocking findings about the impact of the work ban on women seeking asylum.

Instead of finding safety, women are retraumatised and harmed.

www.refugeewomen.co.uk/safety-and-s... [Content warning: rape, sexual assault, suicidality]

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Women for Refugee Women : Safety and Survival: How the Work Ban Fuels Violence Against Women Seeking Asylum
New research uncovers how the work ban harms women seeking safety in the UK, placing them at risk of abuse and exploitation.
www.refugeewomen.co.uk
May 7, 2025 at 9:15 AM
How many more times does this need to be said before something changes?

www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Schools in England and Wales urged to teach relationship violence prevention
Youth Endowment Fund says specialised lessons needed to tackle issues such as abuse, consent and coercion
www.theguardian.com
May 1, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Very honoured to be a speaker at this year's conference and very excited to meet up with so many sisters!
DAVINA JAMES-HANMAN, who has 40 years working in #MVAWG as an advocate, campaigner, conference organiser, crisis counsellor, policy officer, project manager, refuge worker, researcher, strategy developer, trainer, writer and general troublemaker will be at #FiLiA2025

#domesticabuse #MaleViolence
April 12, 2025 at 9:13 AM
An “incisive action of prevention” is now needed to stop this “continuous slaughter of women”. And not just in Italy.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Murders of two female students prompt calls for a ‘cultural rebellion’ in Italy
Sara Campanella and Ilaria Sula were found within 48 hours of each other, bringing the number of femicides in 2025 to 11
www.theguardian.com
April 4, 2025 at 10:43 AM
This is shameful.
🚨Launched today!

Our report, #ADecadeOfHarm, uncovers:

❌Shocking new findings about the impact of immigration detention on women seeking safety,
❌and the extremely concerning gaps between Home Office policy and practice.

Find out more👇
www.refugeewomen.co.uk/decade-of-ha... 1/🧵
Women for Refugee Women : A Decade of Harm: Survivors of gender-based violence locked up in immigration detention
New research uncovers the extremely concerning gap between Home Office policy and practice in immigration detention centres.
www.refugeewomen.co.uk
March 19, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Who knew such a service existed?

BUT - how do the whales know it's time to get cleaned and why are they not freaked out?

www.youtube.com/shorts/oqtJY...
Wildlife Whale Wash 🐋 #NatureEncounter #shorts
YouTube video by Daily Paw News
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March 13, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Please could something happen in the world that makes it a better place for women?

www.context.news/climate-just...
Does climate change increase violence towards women? | Context
Extreme heat, storms and food insecurity fuel violence against women as climate change ramps up risk factors
www.context.news
February 26, 2025 at 9:03 AM
This 👎

'Defending Wellings, John Jones KC described Miss Dawes as ‘a troubled young lady.’ She who was on the receiving end of his client’s fist. She was the troubled one?'

Who decides women are mad?

annawharton.substack.com/p/who-decide...
Who Decides Women Are Mad?
Trigger warning: domestic violence
annawharton.substack.com
January 27, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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🚨 Stop Punishing Domestic Abuse Survivors 🚨
Too often women are criminalised for offences resulting from abuse

We join 100+ orgs & individuals calling for:
✅ An end to survivor criminalisation
✅ Support, not punishment

https://bit.ly/StopPunishingSurvivors
#StopPunishingSurvivors
December 19, 2024 at 9:05 AM
This cheered me up this morning.
'The gram sabha has also [implemented] the same pay for men & women... There is no hierarchy – the person chairing a meeting becomes the decision-maker for that day and could be chopping wood the next.'

www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Bamboo bonanza: how a village in India used its forest to go from poverty to prosperity
Restoring age-old land rights has enabled 300 villagers to build a prosperous business and halt the exodus to the city
www.theguardian.com
December 20, 2024 at 8:37 AM
For the men in the Pilcot trial still claiming they don't understand consent and for their apologists:

yesmeansyesblog.wordpress.com/2011/03/21/m...
Mythcommunication: It’s Not That They Don’t Understand, They Just Don’t Like The Answer
I just read a paper from the discipline of conversation analysis.  It dovetails nicely with what I wrote in Talking Past Each Other, and I’m going to go through some of the findings (I can&#8…
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December 19, 2024 at 12:23 PM