Today (25th November 2025) online regulator Ofcom has published its highly anticipated Violence Against Women and Girls Guidance for tech platforms, brought in after a successful campaign by the End Violence Against Women Coalition and Glitch, and supported by a…
New data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) released today (4th November 2025) shows that image-based sexual abuse (so-called ‘revenge porn’) and cyberflashing offences are responsible for over half of the 11% increase in reported sexual offences. While the…
Yesterday (3rd November 2025), the government tabled amendments to the Crime and Policing Bill that will criminalise possessing or publishing depictions of strangulation or suffocation in pornography, with responsibilities put on tech platforms to stop the spread of this content…
This week (22nd October 2025), the End Violence Against Women Coalition held our third annual Prevention Conference. With the theme “A Different World Is Possible”, we explored the steps needed to make this ambition a reality. The conference brought together…
Technology Secretary Liz Kendall has today (29th September 2025) announced that the government will make cyberflashing a “priority offence” under Online Safety Act, in a welcome move to strengthen existing measures to protect women from online abuse. Cyberflashing - non-consensual…
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…
Today we submit to Ofcom’s consultation on their draft Violence Against Women and Girls Guidance. Ofcom has made clear efforts to produce draft guidance that sets out a range of measures that tech companies could, and should, choose to take…
The government’s response to the Women and Equalities Committee report on tackling non-consensual intimate image abuse (NCII) represents “a missed opportunity to deliver justice for survivors and prevent future harm”, says Andrea Simon, Director of the End Violence Against Women…
Today (5th March 2025), the Women and Equalities Committee (WEC) has published its report on tackling non-consensual intimate image abuse (NCII), with recommendations for the government to protect women and girls online. We welcome the WEC’s recommendations, which include calling…
Ofcom has today (25th February 2025) published draft Violence Against Women and Girls Guidance, proposing new measures for tech firms to tackle online harms against women and girls. The guidance focuses on four issues: Online misogyny ‘Pile-ons’ and online harassment…