That guardian article you linked to Helena 
In the refuge I was in there were so many pregnant women who's lives were being made miserable by men sending solicitors letters demanding medical details, threatening legal action to be at the birth or scans.
Then there was a man who tracked his ex down with a private detective and he tried to take his children from school.
Then there were the people who were going through the court process and who's ex partners were still getting to control the women with a judges seal of approval.
It's disgusting and in my experience if a woman says she has been abused then she is disbelieved in court and it's used against her. Often women spend so long defending their abusive partners while it's going on that when it all comes out its assumed she is lying.
The council need much better training in dealing with abused women.
When I left I left everything and moved some distance. I literally had my kids and a few clothes. I was accused of just wanting a new house (my old one was fine) I was accused of lying as there had only been a historical conviction. I was told to go back and put my son in danger so I could get my ex charged for actually doing something. I was made to feel like shit and my homeless application was rejected by the first person who saw me, which put my place in the refuge at risk, if I wasn't considered homeless the housing benefit wouldn't pay for homeless accommodation.
Thankfully women's aid asked to see someone different and I had to see a psychologist who wrote that I showed common signs of being abused and I got my application approved eventually. It was a long and scary process though.
Although it never happened while I was there women's aid said they had people who weren't accepted and ended up homeless and WA helped them secure private tenancies, which impacts them a huge amount financially.
How anyone can complain about 'mens rights' when there is still such a way to go for women to be treated as human beings sometimes is beyond me.