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women's refuge

British  

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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In the end, the women discovered there was no Lapland trip and no women's refuge - although they had given Cookes donations of food, clothes and money.

From BBC May 11, 2025

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 Dec. 16, 2022

Unlike a state-funded women's refuge that opened in the city five years ago, women don't need a residency permit and documents from medical services or the police to qualify for help.

From BBC Nov. 20, 2019

Francesca sought help from Casa Lorena, a women’s refuge near Caserta.

From The Guardian Sep. 19, 2018

It has no DNA lab and only one women’s refuge.

From The Guardian Nov. 25, 2015

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