women's refuge

noun

1. social welfare a house where battered women and their children can go for protection from their oppressors

Example Sentences

The Welcome Organisation's chairperson Jude Whyte said the charity was using a women's refuge as a "make shift" drop-in centre during the day instead of its former premises.

From BBC

Self-identification has become an increasingly controversial topic, with some feminists saying it endangers women in single-sex spaces, such as women's refuge centres, changing rooms and bathrooms.

From Reuters

A woman who was repeatedly sexually assaulted by a male member of staff while at a women's refuge has received a payout from the home provider.

From BBC

It said Fulani, who founded the women’s refuge Sistah Space, “has accepted this apology and appreciates that no malice was intended.”

From Seattle Times

The visit also comes amid an uproar back home over an 83-year-old honorary member of the royal household who reportedly asked the Black chief executive of an east London women’s refuge where she “really came from” after she told the older woman that she was British.

From Seattle Times