Women in public life
In this series of comment pieces, we ask: is it enough to have more women in power - or do they also have to work to actively further women's equality when they're there?
The crisis in Rape Crisis
By Darlene Corry, WRC Policy Officer
Subtext Magazine - August 2008
Recent research by the Women's Resource Centre (WRC) and Rape Crisis (England and Wales), The Crisis in Rape Crisis, shows that Rape Crisis centres are spectacularly under-funded.
UN backs Rape Crisis
By Darlene Corry, WRC Policy Officer
New Statesman online - August 2008
The Women's Resource Centre welcomes
international recognition, at UN level, that the financial situation
facing Rape Crisis centres is unacceptable.
Uncovering the state of the Rape Crisis sector
By Tania Pouwhare, WRC Head of Policy
WRC Source magazine - May 2008
In March 2008, WRC and Rape Crisis (England and Wales) launched joint research on the state of the Rape Crisis sector.
Money is not enough
By Vivienne Hayes, WRC Chief Executive
New Statesman online - 19 March 2008
Support services for victims of sexual violence need an urgent injection of political will as well as cash.
Why women-only? By Kiran Dhami, WRC Policy Officer
VS Magazine - December07/January08
The current political climate of gender neutrality means that funders are increasingly asking women's organisations to justify their women-only status.
Why women? By Kiran Dhami, WRC Policy Officer
NAVCA
Circulation magazine - December07/January08
The Women's Resource Centre has moved into the second phase of its 'Why women?' campaign.
Will the Women's Sector be mainstreamed out of existence?
By Vivienne Hayes, WRC Chief Executive
SAFE magazine - Autumn 2007
The government now acknowledges the scale and severity of domestic
violence. Real progress has been made, so are we now at a turning point
in tackling violence against women?
On the Verge of Equality? By Darlene Corry, WRC Policy Officer
Verge magazine - June 2006
With Feminism firmly on the agenda, are we closer than ever to equality?
One size does not fit all A response to Ted Cantle’s article on community cohesion by Isabel Hudson (Women’s Resource Centre), Dinah Cox (Race On The Agenda) and Trish Pashley (Greater London Action on Disability)
NAVCA
Circulation magazine - February/March 2006