Tackling violence against women in Wales
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    The Wales Violence Against Women Action Group agreed six key priority outcomes for the Violence Against Women (Wales) Bill and led a strong campaign to strengthen the legislation. Download the Report here..

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Wales Violence Against Women Action Group

The Wales Violence Against Women Action Group is a coalition of organisations drawn down from a broad spectrum that came together in 2009 in order to share experience and skills, with the aim of tackling violence against women in Wales through raising awareness, challenging attitudes and pressing for change in government policy.

The Wales VAW Action Group led a strong campaign to strengthen the Wales Violence Against Women, Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence (Wales) Bill and put Wales at the forefront of international and UK developments to end domestic abuse, sexual violence and all forms of violence against women. The Bill received Royal Assent on 29 April.

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In 2013, we launched our Steps to Safety 2 report examining the progress of the Welsh Government’s ‘A Right to be Safe’ strategy.

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Our most recent focus has been to work to ensure that the Violence Against Women (Wales) Bill makes a real difference to the lives of women affected by any form of VAW, wherever they live in Wales.

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