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Empower Women, One step at a time

Join us for the BSWA 45th Anniversary Power Walkathon This year marks a monumental milestone: 45 years of Birmingham and Solihull Women’s Aid (BSWA) standing strong for women and children…

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New Early Intervention Hub

We are delighted to inform you of the opening of our new Domestic Abuse Early Intervention and Prevention Hub on 2nd May. This comes about by merging the existing BCC…

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A Day in the Life of…An Administrator

Becky shares her behind-the-scenes take on working in our central administration team. When you think of BSWA do you think of the workers that support our women on the frontline…

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Online Safety Toolkit

As part of Safer Internet Day 2023 we’re sharing this toolkit designed by our team to help if you’re concerned that your might be under surveillance by your partner or…

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Poetry

A series of poems written by a woman who has been supported by BSWA I don’t love the one who put me last. This is me learning to carrying on…

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Meet the Team

My name is Jennifer and I am one of the Advocate Educators for the IRIS Interventions Project. I work in the Solihull area. I have worked in the domestic abuse…

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Reproductive Coercion and Control: an often overlooked aspect of domestic abuse

As discussions have been held around the world about the increase in state control of women’s reproductive rights and justice, it made me think about how we are capturing reproductive…

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A Day in the Life of…Commonwealth Games Volunteer

Prem, who works in our Infrastructure team, shares her experience of volunteering at the recent games I’m sure you’re all aware that the biggest multi-sports event has just taken part…

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Know Your HERStory

A new blog feature highlighting the women we should know about, but never get told about… Cecile Fatiman Cecile was a Haitian Priestess and played a key role inthe Haitian…

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TV Review: Bridgerton Season 2

Dearest Gentle Reader, Firstly, Season Two did not come to play around. The storyline is great however this review is focusing on the South Asian representation, specifically Indian representation. Shonda…

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Podcast review: ‘What’sHerName’ – hosted by Dr. Katie Nelson and Olivia Meikle

I’m a big fan of listening to podcasts and I was so excited to find this podcast on forgotten women. From Muslim Warrior Queen Chand Bibi who ruled over two sultanates,…

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Young Women experiencing domestic abuse now supported via specialist partnership project

NEWS After many years of working together in the local area, Birmingham and Solihull Women’s Aid (BSWA) specialist young women’s workers will now be integrated into St Basils’ accommodation based…

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Book review ‘What We Don’t Talk About When We Talk About Fat’ by Aubrey Gordon

Emma one of our members of staff has written a review of Aubrey Gordon’s book ‘What we Don’t Talk About When We Talk About Fat’ Aubrey tackles personal and institutional…

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Recite Me – Accessible toolbar

We’re really pleased to have launched our accessible toolbar which will make it easier for women to access support by offering screen reading functionality, multiple reading aids, customisable styling options…

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Behind the scenes…The Court Project

One of our Courts workers Lisa shares her thoughts of the project she’s been a part of for many years, and the challenges of the work they do. The courts…

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