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 Ofcom has made clear efforts to produce draft guidance that sets out a range of measures that tech companies could, and should, choose to take…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…
The government has reportedly made a U-turn this weekend (26th January 2025) on the details of a proposed new offence to criminalise non-consensual sexually explicitly deepfakes. Announced just last week, the original proposal would have required victims to prove that…
Update, 27th January 2025: The government has reportedly made a u-turn on proposals to base the offence on the perpetrator's intent, and will now create an offence based on consent alone. The government has today (Tuesday, 7th January 2025) announced…
Last week (Wednesday 20th November), the Women and Equalities Committee held its second public session of this parliament on tackling non-consensual intimate image abuse (NCII) as Parliament continues examining the drivers of and responses to this abuse*. These sessions provide…
On Tuesday, Kirith Entwistle MP led an important Westminster Hall debate on tackling image-based abuse, bringing to light the scale and impact of this devastating form of violence against women and girls. The debate was well attended, with interventions from…