Welsh Women's Aid

Who we are

Welsh Women’s Aid is the national charity in Wales working to end violence against women and girls in all its forms.

We are a federation of specialist organisations in Wales that provide lifesaving services to survivors of violence and abuse and deliver a range of innovative preventative services in local communities.

We want a world in which women and children live free from domestic abuse, sexual violence and all forms of violence against women, and by doing so achieve independence, freedom and liberation from oppression.

Our approach is founded on the following values:

We are feminist and value diversity of lived experiences – we amplify diverse voices, recognising that different identities and life experiences impact on individuals’ experiences of abuse, as well as access to support, safety and justice.

We advocate ending male violence against women and girls we recognise and challenge the multiple oppressions of sexism, racism, classism, homophobia, ageism, ableism, transphobia that stand in the way of achieving social justice.

We promote integrity – we are accountable, and place survivors’ voices and their lived experiences at the centre of our work. We encourage respect, transparency and learning from experience, we challenge misuse of power and promote social responsibility in all we do.

We collaborate – we work with survivors, specialist services, other organisations, individuals and communities, to capacity-build services and to evidence and deliver what works in preventing all forms of violence against women and girls.

We empower – we advocate a rights-based approach so that all women and children can achieve their full potential, and we promote services led by and for women/minoritised groups as being vital to meeting needs and to achieving social, economic and political liberation from patriarchy, racism, and other oppressions.

We transform – we are committed to challenging inequalities and discrimination, to combining high-quality services with activism for social change, and building a movement that ends violence against women and girls and liberates women and girls from multiple and intersecting oppressions to benefit everyone.