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…
73% say government must do more on violence against women and girls, as new report warns of “rapidly evolving” threats driven by AI, online misogyny and the political weaponisation of gender-based violence. Nearly three-quarters of the public (73%) believe the…
New Interim Director of the End Violence Against Women Coalition The End Violence Against Women Coalition team is pleased to announce that Janaya Walker has been appointed Interim Director following the departure of Andrea Simon, who will take up the…
Andrea Simon, who has worked at EVAW for over 8 years and led the Coalition since 2021, has been appointed the next Victims Commissioner for London. She will officially take up her post on 1 March 2026. While we know she…
The government has today (18th December 2025) published its long-awaited violence against women and girls (VAWG) strategy, following its ambitious manifesto commitment to halve this abuse within a decade. The End Violence Against Women Coalition (EVAW) welcomes the publication of…
Autumn Budget 2025: EVAW welcomes the removal of two-child benefit cap, but warns that investment in ending VAWG must be delivered with urgency Yesterday (Wednesday 26th November 2025), the Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves delivered the second Autumn Budget…
Joint statement by Southall Black Sisters, Imkaan, Rape Crisis England & Wales, the End Violence Against Women Coalition, Latin American Women's Rights Service, Welsh Women's Aid, Women's Aid Federation England and Women's Resource Centre in response to the Autumn Budget…
More than 60 organisations working to end violence against women have joined together to set out five key asks for the upcoming VAWG strategy, amidst concerns about its delayed publication. Last July, the government was elected on a mandate to…
The Labour government has committed to a landmark goal to halve violence against women and girls (VAWG) in a decade. Today, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has published a combined measure of domestic abuse, sexual violence and stalking from…