EVAW Resources & Publications
Map of Gaps 2: The postcode lottery of Violence Against Women support services in Britain (January 2009)
1 in 4 local authority areas don't have specialised violence against women support services. Help close the gaps.
Realising Rights, Fulfilling Obligations (July 2008)
Download EVAW's blueprint strategy on violence against women - we set out what governments at all levels should be doing. Click here to download the summary.
Making the Grade? 2007 UK (April 2008)
The Government has scored a disappointing 2 out of 10 in the 3rd independent assessment of action on violence against women. Whilst some departments, particularly the Crown Prosecution Service, are leading the way across Whitehall, too many still fail to take this issue seriously.
Download the full report (PDF)
Download the summary (PDF)
Download the Departments' responses (PDF)
Making the Grade? 2007 Northern Ireland (published March 2008)
EVAW has published the first ever independent assessment of Government action on violence against women in Northern Ireland. The overall score was just 1 out of 10.
Download the report - summary (PDF)
Download the report - full version (PDF)
Map of Gaps: The Postcode Lottery of Violence Against Women Support Services (published jointly with Equality & Human Rights Commission November 2007)
Map of Gaps shows graphically for the first time the real
postcode lottery in violence against women support services such as Rape Crisis Centres and domestic violence refuges. A third of local authorities across the UK do not have specialised services, leaving many women without the support they deserve.
Download the report - executive summary (PDF)
Download the report - full version (PDF)
Download the executive Summary in Welsh (PDF)
Tools for Change: Public Sector Equality Duties & Violence Against Women (published jointly with EOC, October 2007)
This innovative and practical pack includes Factsheets on all 3 equality duties, an Action Card and Postcard as well as template enforcement letters in case public bodies don't get it right. All items can be downloaded here or email holly.dustin@amnesty.org.uk for hard copies. Get involved! Lets make the equality duties create real change.
Tools for Change - Foreword and Contents (PDF)
Fact sheet - Gender Equality Duty, Violence Against Women (PDF)
Fact sheet - Disability Equality Duty, Violence Against Women (PDF)
Fact sheet - Race Equality Duty, Violence Against Women (PDF)
Tools for Change - Table of public sector equality duties (PDF)
Fact sheet - Gender Equality Duty, Single Sex Services and Single Sex Employment (PDF)
Fact sheet - Gender Equality Duty, Education and Violence Against Women (PDF)
Gender Equality Duty - Action card (PDF)
Gender Equality Duty - Postcard (PDF)
Gender Equality Duty - Enforcement letters (PDF)
From the Outset: Why Violence should be a priority for the Commission for Equality and Human Rights (June 2007)
Read a summary of the report (PDF)
Read the full report (PDF)
Briefing for International Women's Day debate (March 2007)
Briefing on false allegations in rape (February 2007)
Briefing on Human Rights and Violence Against Women (February 2007)
Gender Equality Duty action leaflet (January 2007)
Find out what you can do to make sure that police forces, schools, health trusts and other key public sector organisations address violence against women.
Violence As a Cross-Cutting Issue (December 2006)
Making the Grade? 2006 (November 2006)
Read speeches by Alan Johnson MP and Eleanor Laing MP
Read speeches by Brendan Barber and Liz Kelly
Making the Grade? 2005 (November 2005)
What a Waste. The case for an integrated violence against women strategy (February 2004)