Today (9th July 2025) the Independent Review of the Criminal Courts: Part I has been published. Led by Sir Brian Leveson, the review outlines major structural reforms aimed at addressing delays and inefficiencies in the Crown Court. Echoing concerns repeatedly…
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…
Yesterday (18th June 2025), the government announced landmark plans to make pornography depicting any act of strangulation illegal, a move called for by the recent Independent Porn Review. The Review, conducted by Baroness Gabby Bertin, found that violent pornography has effectively established…
The far-right has long co-opted sexual violence to promote its racist, white supremacist agenda. These are often known misogynists who do nothing to meaningfully improve women and girls’ autonomy, rights and freedoms, and tend to have patriarchal views. Violence against…
The government has today (7th May 2025) introduced a new Victims and Courts Bill aiming to better protect victims and improve access to justice. Some of the measures announced today reflect the tireless campaigning of victims and their families; many…
Porn that depicts incest, choking and other forms of violence against women and girls (VAWG) should be banned, the government’s independent reviewer has recommended today (27th February 2025). Baroness Bertin’s independent pornography review has made a series of recommendations to…
The National Audit Office (NAO) has today (31st January 2025) published its review of government spending to tackle violence against women and girls (VAWG), finding that it has neither improved outcomes for victims nor made progress in developing measures to…
We stand in solidarity with all survivors of child sexual abuse, exploitation and other forms of sexual violence. This devastating abuse disproportionately impacts women and girls and is a major cause of gender inequality in society. Public discussions of abuse…
The second survey of rape survivors’ experiences of policing has been published today, 12th November 2024, finding that police responses are improving for those who have reported rape and sexual assault more recently, but concerningly, harmful police practices are still…
The police inspectorate has today (22nd August 2024) published its report on progress in delivering a new model for investigating rape and serious sexual offences, known as Operation Soteria. Operation Soteria is one of the most promising outcomes of the…