A DIFFERENT
WORLD IS POSSIBLE
Violence against women and girls stops us being free and living the lives we choose.
Who we are
Radical & outspoken
We are activists, survivors, researchers, frontline support services and NGOs working to end violence against women and girls in all its forms.
Intersectional & inclusive
We take an intersectional feminist and anti-racist approach to ending violence against women and girls, because not all women’s experiences are the same.
Established in 2005
We work to transform the social and political systems that enable violence against women by campaigning, shaping policy and challenging the attitudes that normalise abuse.
CAMPAIGNS
This year's seen football make the headlines for all the wrong reasons. It’s clear that our beautiful game has an ugly underside when it comes to violence against women. With arrests and charging of high profile football players for domestic and sexual abuse, as well as protests from fans at the signing of a known rapist, we're calling on the FA and Premier League to confront football's culture of gender-based violence.
We’re campaigning for the reforms of laws relating to online abuse and robust regulation of the tech platforms perpetrators use, so those responsible are held accountable.
Women's human rights are being denied as the police and courts are failing to deliver justice after sexual violence. We're campaigning for a fair justice system and better support for survivors.
OUR STORY
Preventing abuse
Violence against women and girls is widespread, but it is not inevitable. There is concrete action that can be taken to prevent it, so that women and girls don’t become victims in the first place.
Supporting women and girls
Recovery and healing are an essential part of justice. Our movement has worked to provide access to quality, specialist support for decades, and continues to advocate for sustainably funded women’s support services.
A different world is possible
We can create a world in which women and girls are free from the threat of male violence. We believe that a different world is possible; a world in which women and girls live equally alongside men.
LATEST NEWS
The Law Commission of England and Wales has today (7th July 2022) made a…
Women’s Euros 2022 legacy should be on football tackling misogyny and gender-based violence at…
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❗️Image-based sexual abuse harms millions of women and girls.
We welcome the Law Commission's shift from offences based on perpetrators' motivation to a basis on consent.
But criminal offences alone are not enough to end violence against women online. https://www.endviolenceagainstwomen.org.uk/law-commission-reforms-would-strengthen-protections-for-women-and-girls-online/
Women are shouldering the cost of living crisis. The government must act now to ensure that no survivor faces an unacceptable and impossible choice of destitution or remaining with a perpetrator.
➡️https://www.endviolenceagainstwomen.org.uk/survivors-left-out-response-cost-of-living-crisis/
Almost three quarters of frontline staff reported that survivors are facing increased barriers to leaving their perpetrators. Refuge is calling on the government to urgently reform the benefit system to help survivors impacted by the cost-of-living crisis: https://bit.ly/3IflWC5
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