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PRESS RELEASE: Legal service expanded to support survivors of gender based violence in the North of Scotland

Starting this November, the Scottish Women’s Rights Centre (SWRC) has launched two monthly legal surgeries for women living in the North of Scotland who have experienced abuse or violence.

The surgeries are located in Dundee and Inverness at local Women’s Aids groups and they are available by appointment once a month on a Tuesday and Wednesday, respectively.

6 things to know about sexual harassment at university or college

In recent years we have seen more women coming forward about their experience of sexual harassment, and university and college students and staff haven’t been the exception.

Only last year, Channel 4 uncovered the increase in reports of sexual harassment in UK universities and a survey by Brook (a sexual health and wellbeing charity) found that almost half of the female university students they interviewed had experienced inappropriate touching.

PRESS RELEASE: Helpline opens in Scotland to offer advocacy for women survivors of violence and abuse

The Scottish Women’s Rights Centre (SWRC) have today (Tuesday 29^th October) launched an advocacy support helpline for women survivors of gender based violence living in Scotland.

My summer at the Scottish Women’s Rights Centre

By Gabriella Poli

This summer I joined the Scottish Women’s Rights Centre as a summer placement student, and the two months I spent there were invaluable. Not only did I get to see the SWRC at work, I got to develop my legal skills and be part of a busy legal office.