A coalition of women’s organisations will face the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) in the Court of Appeal in a two day judicial review hearing on 26 and 27 January 2021, as three of the country’s most senior judges will consider…
As of January 2021 Andrea Simon will lead EVAW’s work campaigning to end violence against women and girls in all its forms. Previously, Andrea was EVAW's Head of Public Affairs, focussing on leading the organisation’s work influencing legislation, and policy…
READ The Call to Action SIGN UP to attend launch event, Thurs 10 Dec, 10am On Human Rights Day tomorrow, the last day of our annual #16days of action to end violence against women and girls, a movement-changing initiative will be launched for the…
The End Violence Against Women Coalition was launched during the #16days of action in 2005, so we’ve been reflecting on our first 15 years, what we’ve done and how far there might be to go Women come together - In…
READ: Full Report READ: Full Report - Large print READ: Letter to Secretary of State for Justice, Robert Buckland 55,259 rapes reported last year; but only 2,102 prosecutions and 1,439 convictions Leading Women’s Organisations find ‘rape myths’ throughout the police…
Last week (22.10.20) the Home Office published their fourth annual report on the UK’s progress towards ratification of the Council of Europe’s convention on preventing and combating violence against women and girls, otherwise known as the Istanbul Convention. The Istanbul…
26 organisations working to end violence against women and girls have written Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak, calling on him to recognise the enormous costs of domestic and sexual violence to the state and communities, and to allocate specific…
On 22 September, ahead of the Domestic Abuse Bill returning to Parliament, members of the House of Lords will hear directly from migrant women survivors. In an event organised by the London Victim’s Commissioner, Claire Waxman, with the participation of…
READ the full report here: Glitch and EVAW, The Ripple Effect, Online abuse during COVID-19, Sept 2020 Call on Government and tech companies to step up on content moderation, transparency, investment and education; Women reveal the impact of online abuse…
Leading women’s groups have today (14 August) published a short report on the numerous new problems women are facing in the criminal and family justice systems in England & Wales due to Covid, and have called on the Government to…