#MeToo – Sexual harassment and assaults in politics too Major changes afoot in schools Upcoming domestic violence legislation Human rights, women’s rights and Brexit #MeToo – Sexual harassment and assaults in British politics Too The EVAW Coalition is…
MPs are debating sexual harassment in schools in the House of Commons now and the debate will remain available to view here. Maria Miller MP, Chair of the Women & Equalities Committee, which ran an extensive and authoritative inquiry into…
Responding to the ongoing revelations of sexual harassment and assaults in British politics, the End Violence Against Women Coalition said: “After days of revelations about sexual harassment and assaults of women activists and workers in British politics, it is…
Today (Thursday 2nd November 2017) Southall Black Sisters (SBS) and the End Violence Against Women Coalition publish a new report showing what an “essential tool” the Human Rights Act is for women who need to challenge the police when they…
It’s Saturday morning and there is an apparently endless stream of news about the variety of ways men are violent towards women. This morning there is a story that almost half (yes, half) of female aid workers have “experienced inappropriate…
A wide range of women’s organisations has written to the Home Secretary Amber Rudd and the Justice Secretary David Lidington appealing to them to “go further” with the Domestic Violence and Abuse Bill which is set to come before Parliament early…
Parliament's Women and Equalities Committee today (11 October) questioned Equalities Ministers Nick Gibb MP and Anne Milton MP about what is being done to ensure girls are protected from abuse in schools and able to access their right to education…
As the BBC today (9 October) broadcasts two powerful programmes (1) documenting the scale of rape and sexual bullying in schools, and the hopeless response of many schools to these incidents, the End Violence Against Women Coalition has asked why…
Responding to the decision by Transport for London (TFL) on 22 September to suspend Uber's licence to operate in London, the End Violence Against Women Coalition said: "We welcome the decision to suspend Uber's licence and note that TFL have…
A new survey by Girlguiding- their Girls' Attitudes Survey- finds that almost two thirds of girls (64%) have been sexually harassed at school in the last year. This is up from 59% in 2014. This shocking figure shows that schools are still not doing enough to stamp out sexual…