Our thoughts and solidarity are with the girls subjected to rape in Fordingbridge. The harm done to them has been compounded by the boys’ decision to film and share videos of the rapes online. This week (26th May 2026), the…
Last week (13th May 2026), the government set out its legislative agenda for the upcoming Parliamentary session through the King’s Speech, with violence against women and girls (VAWG) and AI regulation missing from the government’s plans. Instead, the speech set…
84% of adults in the UK believe that regulating social media platforms to ensure they are safe before public use would keep everyone safe online, according to new polling published today by the Online Safety Act Network (OSAN). The polling…
On Monday, 18th May 2026, BBC's Panorama exposed serious failings to women cast in Married at First Sight UK. TV shows like Married at First Sight UK are hugely popular with audiences and highly lucrative for production companies and TV…
ITV’s 'Believe Me’ tells the story of the appalling police failings that left serial rapist John Worboys free to rape and sexually assault over 100 women - and the determined survivors who fought to protect other women and hold the…
Last week (29th April), the Prime Minister prorogued parliament until Wednesday 13th May when the next Parliamentary session will begin. Prorogation is the period between the end of a parliamentary session and the beginning of the new session. The new…
Ahead of the local elections in England and the national elections in the Welsh Senedd and Scottish Holyrood today (7th May 2026), the End Violence Against Women Coalition (EVAW) wrote to party leaders and Local Government Association (LGA) Group Chairs…
Last year, the End Violence Against Women Coalition (EVAW) and 60+ other expert violence against women and girls (VAWG) organisations set out our expectations for the government’s long-awaited VAWG strategy, following concerns about its delayed publication. We set out five…
Women’s rights groups have issued a call to “change the narrative”, as disinformation about violence against women and girls (VAWG) continues to be used as “a tool for political point scoring”. Campaigners say the use of arguments about VAWG to…
Ofcom has been warned it could face a judicial review over its alleged failure to act against platforms hosting non-consensual intimate images and child sexual abuse material on forums which group images by location. Intimate images are posted of women…