Today (12th January 2026) the government has implemented new rules to stop police officers from routinely trawling rape survivors’ private counselling notes, following a successful campaign by the End Violence Against Women Coalition (EVAW), Rape Crisis England and Wales, Centre…
Government commits to law change that will restrict victims’ previous experiences of rape and sexual violence being used against them in court. The government has announced today (Wednesday 3rd December) that it will be making changes in forthcoming legislation to…
Last night (21st October 2025), the government announced plans to repeal the presumption of parental involvement from the Children Act 1989, to protect children from abusive parents. Responding to this, Andrea Simon, Director of the End Violence Against Women Coalition…
The government has announced plans to expand its pilot of chemical suppression of sex offenders to three further regions across the country. In a statement responding to this, Andrea Simon, Director of the End Violence Against Women Coalition (EVAW), said: “The End Violence…
This year, we are marking 20 years of the End Violence Against Women Coalition, looking back at all we’ve achieved together, and looking ahead to the challenges and opportunities we have to end violence against women and girls (VAWG) in…
Yesterday (19th June 2025) the End Violence Against Women Coalition, Rape Crisis England & Wales, Centre for Women's Justice and Rights of Women were awarded joint winners of the Sheila MacKechnie Foundation's Campaign of the Year award for our successful…
Today, the government has responded to recommendations from the Independent Sentencing Review, which was commissioned by the Justice Secretary last year to bring forward proposals to address the crisis in prison capacity. While a number of early prison release measures…
The government has today (13th September 2024) stated that new changes to the Online Safety Act will make image-based abuse a priority offence and force tech firms to clamp down on it. However, image-based abuse is already a priority offence…
A new survey of counsellors and therapists has found that current laws and policing practices prevent rape survivors from accessing therapy, limit its effectiveness and pose serious ethical challenges. The National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society (NCPS) survey of their members…
This week (11th December 2023), a coalition of 58 leading organisations working to end violence against women and girls (VAWG) in England and Wales have published a shadow report on the UK's implementation of the Council of Europe Convention on…