1. to provide for the relief of women and their children or other victims who have been subject to: (i) physical, sexual, emotional and/or mental abuse within an intimate or ‘family’ relationship (‘domestic violence’); or (ii) other gender-based violence, which term, for the purposes of these articles, shall include but not be limited to rape, prostitution, gang violence, sex-trafficking or female genital mutilation, in either of cases (i) or (ii) above, throughout the united kingdom and abroad;
2. to provide specialist supported housing and social housing and any associated amenities in england, designed to meet the needs of women and children who are the victims of domestic violence and/or other gender-based violence, and other services designed to facilitate their onward progression; and
3. to advance public education, research and training on understanding of the issues of domestic violence and gender-based violence throughout the united kingdom and abroad