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The charity, registered in 1996, claims that in 2001/2 it supported a total of 143,337 women and 114,489 children (with over 40,000 women and children staying in their refuges). 35,000 other individuals called their 24-hour helpline for information. In its financial year 2003–04, it received £2,052,814 gross income of which it spent £1,561,916. This compares to an income of £560,113 and expenditure of £565,050 in 1997–98 {Link without Title} . Women's Aid was set up and is run by women, although it has obtained a dispensation from the Charity Commission not to publish the names of its trustees, and states that: Domestic violence against women is a violation of women and children's human rights, that it is the result of an abuse of power and control, and that it is rooted in the historical status of women in the family and in society. Women and children have a right to live their lives free from all forms of violence and abuse, and society has a duty to recognise and defend this right A few Women's Aid charities offer support services to men, including advice and information centres. Their policies relate not only to violence against women by men, but also to violence against women by same-sex partners. The Women's Aid website www.womensaid.org.uk also lists help services for men {Link without Title} and they look forward to working more closely with organisations who also wish to tackle the problem of domestic violence. Women's Aid representatives currently work on a number of national policies which benefit men, women and child victims of domestic violence, and work with the other agencies, departments and charities that support male victims such as Social Services, the Police, the Government, housing associations, councils, helplines and national domestic violence services which point male, female and child victims to the correct services. Men can and do additionally run their own services for male victims of domestic violence such as those listed on the BBC Hitting Home pages {Link without Title} Supporters of Women's Aid include:
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