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Parliamentary report exposes broken justice system for rape survivors
The Home Affairs Committee has today (12th April 2022) published its report on the investigation and prosecution of rape, which has been in sharp decline since 2016. While reported rapes reached an all-time high in the year to September 2021,…
Government releases plan to tackle domestic abuse as part of its wider VAWG strategy
The Tackling Domestic Abuse Plan represents a welcome change of course from government, which had previously proposed to separate the Domestic Abuse Strategy from the Tackling VAWG Strategy, without any consultation of stakeholders or impact assessment. We are pleased that…
New report: Violence Against Women and Girls Snapshot Report 2021-22
DOWNLOAD the VAWG snapshot report 2021-22 DOWNLOAD the report in large print DOWNLOAD the easy read version WATCH the British Sign Language version The End Violence Against Women Coalition (EVAW) has today (3rd March 2022) released its latest snapshot report for…
Party leaders’ response to questions from women’s groups on ending abuse published
Update: the Liberal Democrats responded to our letter after we published this statement. Read their response here. With just a week to go before the general election, Jeremy Corbyn and Theresa May have responded to questions presented by a coalition…
#GE2017 – Labour Manifesto: EVAW welcomes ‘abuse commissioner’ & scrapping ‘rape clause’
(16 May 2017) Labour and other manifestos published so far make wide range of commitments to tackle violence against women and girls Responding to the publication today (16 May) of the Labour Party manifesto, the End Violence Against Women…
Select Committee submission links girls’ mental health to sexual harassment
Written evidence submitted by the End Violence Against Women coalition (EVAW) to the Health Select Committee revealed that: "Children and young people’s mental health is commonly directly affected by any experience or threat of abuse, whether by peer or adult [...] Girls and…
Success in parliament towards ratification of Istanbul Convention
Today (24 February) the Istanbul Convention passed its Third Reading in the House of Commons. Eilidh Whiteford MP remarked that the Convention, which when ratified will solidify government commitment to ending violence against women and girls, has huge potential to…
Prime Minister’s commitment to tackling domestic violence welcomed
Responding to the announcement today (18 February) that the Prime Minister Theresa May will personally oversee revision of the laws and practice around domestic violence, the EVAW Coalition said: "We welcome the Prime Minister's announcement that there will be a…
Government reject calls to scrap “woman-judging” 3rd child policy
On the afternoon Trump is inaugurated and on the eve of worldwide women’s marches, the UK government quietly announces that it will stick by its plan to force women to ‘prove’ rape for benefits. Rachel Krys, co-director of the End…