Battered wives, 1973

Submitted by: The Committee of Management  The National Council of Women in Conference assembled, greatly concerned by the desperate situation of wives who seek refuge and help on leaving the matrimonial home after physical assaults by their husbands, urges the...

Mercy killing, 1977

Submitted by: The Committee of Management  The National Council of Women in Conference assembled, expressed its profound concern at the provisional recommendation of the Criminal Law Revision Committee (Working Paper Offences Against the Person, Para 10) for the...

Joint tenancies, 1978

Submitted by: National Labour Women’s Advisory Committee  The National Council of Women in Conference assembled, requests HM Government to issue a directive to all Local Housing Authorities and Housing Associations that provision is made in their tenancy...

Violence and vandalism, 1978

Submitted by: Tyne Coast Branch The National Council of Women in Conference assembled, concerned at the ever-rising incidence of offences against the person and against property, urges HM Government to: a. increase the Police Force, by improving their conditions of...

Right to vote, 1979

Submitted by: Berkhamstead Branch  The National Council of Women in Conference assembled, requests HM Government to research into ways of widening the franchise so that people on holiday, or working abroad for long periods are given the opportunity to exercise...