Anna Page Policy, Public Affairs and Research Manager

1. Anna Page Policy, Public Affairs and Research Manager

2. Why focus on women?

3. Getting the right help to women at the right time

4. Getting the right help to women at the right time

5. 70% women rough sleepers in UK have experienced domestic violence • 53% female clients have experienced domestic abuse • Domestic violence led to 31% of St Mungo’s female clients becoming homeless • 17% local authorities class single adult without children and fleeing DV as in priority need Domestic abuse & sexual violence

6. Of St Mungo’s female clients • 29% use alcohol problematically • 63% more than 5 years • 36% more than 10 years • 43% use drugs • 66% more than 5 years • 37% more than 10 years • Different patterns of drug use Drugs & alcohol

7. Female specific specialist provision • Arguments made for both female-only and mixed provision by both service users and professionals • Service gap identified by submissions across themes • Particular shortage of women’s services and accommodation for people with complex needs

8. Women-only specific provision for complex needs • New analysis of outcomes star : • Women in complex needs projects make more positive change in female-only than in mixed provision • Mental wellbeing: 52% women only, 30% mixed • Motivation: 41% women only, 28% mixed

9. Femininity: barriers for recovery and prevention

10. Femininity: barriers for recovery and prevention Roles as mother and homemaker central constituents of femininity Stigma arising from not fulfilling these roles ‘Simply I am trying to settle my exterior and interior in the way to give impression of a person, who has never been taking any drugs. I have to confirm and prove myself doubly to be recognised as good, fine young lady’ Drug-using mother, Slovenia

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