On 20th September 2026, the government announced a new National Taskforce for Tackling Misogyny, bringing together ministers, experts and organisations from civil society. The Taskforce will look at how and why misogynistic attitudes and harmful gender norms develop, and what…
Alistair Strathern MP has today (17th June 2026) sponsored a Private Member’s Bill that would make Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) a mandatory requirement for all young people up to the age of 18 so that those in further education…
Last week (13th May 2026), the government set out its legislative agenda for the upcoming Parliamentary session through the King’s Speech, with violence against women and girls (VAWG) and AI regulation missing from the government’s plans. Instead, the speech set…
Last week (29th April), the Prime Minister prorogued parliament until Wednesday 13th May when the next Parliamentary session will begin. Prorogation is the period between the end of a parliamentary session and the beginning of the new session. The new…
Ofcom has been warned it could face a judicial review over its alleged failure to act against platforms hosting non-consensual intimate images and child sexual abuse material on forums which group images by location. Intimate images are posted of women…
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…