Dewis Choice

Making Older Women Visible: Taking Violence Against Older Women to Geneva Reflections from Dewis Choice on contributing to NGO CSW Geneva’s Moving Forward: UNECE Civil Society B+30 Review and B+35, in collaboration with Aberystwyth University and Wales Assembly of Women. From 12–14 October 2026, we travelled to Geneva to take part in NGO CSW Geneva’s Moving Forward: UNECE Civil Society B+30 Review and B+35, joining civil society organisations, UN partners and other stakeholders to consider...

A new study has brought to light a rarely acknowledged yet deeply disturbing issue: older women suffering abuse at the hands of family members within their own homes. Led by social researcher Rebecca Zerk, the study challenges the long-held idea of home as a place of comfort and sanctuary, instead...