Patterns

Patterns join stable components to meet an actual need. They are not decorative page recipes.

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Find a path without disclosing a story
Immediate help → broad choices → safety modifiers → prioritised routes → clear state
02
Recognise possible abuse
Situation list → status explanation → safer options → help route
03
Find urgent help
Immediate danger notice → help route → safe-device guidance
04
Leave a page quickly
Privacy-sensitive route → contextual safety controls → Quick exit → honest limitation
05
Explain a law
Plain summary → coverage → possible routes → limits → sources
06
Support a child disclosure
Reassurance → trusted adult → safeguarding duty → child help
07
Create a safety plan
Immediate help → privacy boundary → broad choices → safety precedence → first action → time-based plan → reset
08
Report online abuse
What happened → device safety → report route → evidence risks
09
Help another woman
Listen → respect choice → practical support → follow up
10
Change an institution
Duty → prevention → response → accountability
11
Read in two languages
Parallel route → language control → equivalent actions and sources
12
Use the site on a slow connection
Critical HTML → concise text → responsive media → print route
13
Print or save guidance safely
Risk notice → print-friendly content → safe storage alternative

Patterns we do not use

These shortcuts make public-interest information feel generic, sensational, childish, inaccessible or machine-made.

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Typography
No giant all-caps titles, compressed 900-weight display type, monospace microcopy, letter-spaced eyebrows, or intentionally awkward line breaks.
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Layout
No bento dashboard, grid of identical rounded cards, random circles, decorative empty half-screens, or colour rotation without semantic purpose.
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Components
No default icon circles, pill buttons for every action, decorative badges, non-functional close icons, unnecessary accordions, carousels, glass, gradients or tooltips for essential information.
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Content
No campaign slogan in place of a subject title, poetic instruction, unexplained acronym, fake urgency, victim-blaming, or trauma story required for help.
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Imagery
No synthetic diverse-women montage, faceless victim photography, staged bruises, generic fist/chain/shield symbols, or identifiable child survivor imagery.