Women's Aid

Erin Pizzey of the Chiswick women's refuge was the presiding spirit behind the first Women's Aid (WA) National Conference, held in London.

Erin Pizzey of the Chiswick women's refuge was the presiding spirit behind the first Women's Aid (WA) National Conference, held in London.

The National Women's Aid Federation (NWAF) split into four separate organisations, for England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales.

Partly as a result of the work of Women's Aid , the Home Office for the first time issued a circular to Chief Constables instructing them to treat domestic violence as crime.