Contents:
Executive Summary.................................................................................................... 3
Section 1:Background and Context............................................................................. 5
Section 2: The Research.............................................................................................. 6
Objectives.............................................................................................................. 6
Methods................................................................................................................. 6
Section 3: Focus Groups............................................................................................. 7
Section 4: Survey Respondents.................................................................................... 9
Location and Age................................................................................................... 9
Marital Status and Sexuality................................................................................... 10
Religion and Ethnicity........................................................................................... 10
Disability, Education and Employment.................................................................. 11
Accommodation................................................................................................... 12
Children............................................................................................................... 12
Section 5: Views....................................................................................................... 13
What is Violence Against Women?........................................................................ 13
Prevalence of Violence Against Women................................................................ 14
Services................................................................................................................ 15
Views About Violence Against Women................................................................. 16
Causes of Violence Against Women...................................................................... 17
Section 6: Experiences of Violence and Abuse........................................................... 18
Experiences of Rural and Urban Women............................................................... 18
Child abuse.......................................................................................................... 20
Disclosure and Help Seeking................................................................................. 20
Section 7: Interview Data.......................................................................................... 21
Telephone Interviews........................................................................................... 21
Personal Experiences............................................................................................ 22
Children............................................................................................................... 25
Disclosure and Help Seeking................................................................................. 25
Impact on Rural and Urban Women...................................................................... 27
WI Campaigns on Violence Against Women Issues................................................ 27
Section 8: Responses from Wales.............................................................................. 29
Section 9: Summary of Findings................................................................................ 35
Key Findings........................................................................................................ 38
Recommendations................................................................................................ 39
References............................................................................................................... 40
Acknowledgements
The authors would like to thank Nadia Aghtaie and Gillian Macdonald for their
invaluable contributions to this project, particularly Nadia’s role in interviewing.
Additionally, we would like to thank all the WI members who participated in the focus
groups, the survey respondents, and all the women who agreed to be interviewed.
McCarry & Williamson, 2009 2
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