May local elections: ask your local candidate to pledge to end VAWG
Local councils have enormous power to help end violence against women and girls. Here's how you can help put violence against women and girls on candidates’ agendas!
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…
Survivors left out of response to cost of living crisis
Yesterday (23rd March 2022), the Chancellor of the Exchequer delivered his Spring Statement for 2022, as the UK faces a ‘cost of living crisis’ and the prospect of the biggest fall in living standards in a single year since records…
52 women’s organisations denounce ‘harmful and discriminatory’ Borders Bill
Today, on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, 52 women’s organisations have written to Priti Patel with concerns about the devastating impact that the Nationality and Borders Bill will have on women and survivors of violence…
Alarming number of children excluded from school for ‘sexual misconduct’ – response
Responding to the publication today (9 August) of new Freedom of Information research by the Press Association which has revealed that children as young as 5 have been excluded from school for ‘sexual misconduct’, which might include accessing internet pornography,…
Join us at the Nasty Women UK Art Exhibition!
In the aftermath of the US presidential campaign, which was characterised by a distinct lack of solidarity between voters (53% of white women elected Trump to office, despite him being a self-confessed perpetrator of sexual assault), a global art movement called Nasty Women was created. Nasty…
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 – Party manifestos show ending violence against women & girls a major priority
A broad coalition of women’s organisations working to end abuse of women in all its forms – domestic violence, sexual violence, FGM, forced marriage, stalking, trafficking, prostitution and online abuse – has published an in-depth review of the party manifestos’ many…
#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…
#GE2017 – Party leaders asked for commitment to end violence against women and girls
Stubbornly high levels of domestic violence, rape, sexual harassment, forced marriage and FGM require every candidate’s attention EVAW urges supporters to use Toolkit to locate and contact candidates: General Election Activist Guide for Ending VAWG 8 June 2017 A broad coalition…