WHO WE ARE
The Women’s Railroad exists to give every woman the knowledge and the route to leave safely.
361
Women reached since launch in March 2026
100+
Guide downloads across 80+ cities, 19 countries
Free
always.
This is an important and necessary initiative. The focus on clear guidance around financial access, leaving safely, and understanding legal protections is both timely and impactful.
A former senior figure at the Law Society of England and Wales.
Three Steps. One Guide.
01
Get Money
Build financial safety and access funds to leave when you are ready, or in an instant.
02
Get Out
Plan your departure safely, know what to take and where to go.
03
Get Rid
Understand the legal protections available to you in England and Wales.
Our
Purpose
The Women’s Railroad was founded on a single principle: that every woman has the right to know her options and the right to act on them.
Domestic abuse is not always visible. It encompasses financial control, isolation, and the sustained erosion of a woman’s confidence in her own experience. Many women spend years questioning whether what they are living through constitutes abuse, whether they are entitled to leave, and whether doing so makes them responsible for the consequences. That doubt is not a personal failing. It is a recognised feature of coercive and controlling relationships, designed to prevent exactly the kind of informed decision-making this guide exists to support.
The legal protections, financial tools, and practical routes to safety that exist in England and Wales are available to every woman. But access to clear, accurate information about those options has never been equal. The Women’s Railroad exists to address that gap.
The guide presents practical, transparent information in plain English, without jargon, without a referral, and without a waiting list. It is built on the understanding that knowledge is not a privilege. It is a right. And that for many women, having that knowledge for the first time is what makes leaving possible.
The Women’s Railroad was founded by Jade Maria Burrowes, Director of IMGG Ltd. Jade’s proximity to domestic abuse began early and came from multiple directions and across generations of women she loved. These were not abstract experiences. They were people she tried to help even as a child, and people she never forgot.
That proximity, and the helplessness that comes with witnessing harm you are too young to stop, shaped everything that followed. Jade decided to study for an LLB with the intention of becoming an advocate for women and children affected by domestic abuse.
The guide was the result: a resource she wished had existed, built for the women who need it most. Because abusers often make the victim feel isolated, not only on the outside but inside their own minds.
“Women experiencing domestic abuse are not lacking courage. They are lacking a clear, practical route. The Women’s Railroad exists to give them that.”
BY Jade Maria Burrowes, Founder of The Women’s Railroad.
Why It
Was
Created
Why We
Exist
Differently
The sector that exists to support women experiencing domestic abuse has made extraordinary progress. And yet the women who need help most, those without access to legal advice, financial independence, or professional networks, are still too often left to navigate the most dangerous moments of their lives alone.We believe there is a fundamental difference between knowing about domestic abuse and knowing it.
The Women’s Railroad was built from legal knowledge and lived experience, with a focus on plain English so that the law is not just accessible but navigable and understandable to every woman who needs it, regardless of her background or circumstances. What women need in the most dangerous moments of their lives is not awareness campaigns or policy papers. It is practical, immediate, actionable information they can use.We are not a charity. We are not funded by institutions. We answer to the women this guide is built for.
That is why The Women’s Railroad exists. And that is why it is free. Always.
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