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17 Dec
Women’s groups “hugely disappointed” at HMCPSI rape prosecution report
Women’s organisations (1) have expressed “huge disappointment” at the findings of the HMCP...
20 Nov
EVAW responds to Conservative Party £15 million pledge to “speed up”...
Today (20 November) the Conservative Party have pledged to commit £15 million next year to...
15 Nov
Party Leaders asked: What will you do to end Violence Against Women and Girls?
PARTY LEADERS ASKED: WHAT WILL YOU DO TO END VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLS? UPDATE: As ...
14 Nov
CPS admits to secret conviction rate targets for rape
In a Law Gazette article published yesterday (13th November) and subsequent Newsnight prog...
24 Sep
EVAW commences Judicial Review proceedings against Crown Prosecution Service for...
A UK-wide Coalition of women’s organisations, represented by the Centre for Women’s Justic...
18 Sep
MOJ announces additional £5million for rape support services
Responding to today’s (18 September) announcement by the Ministry of Justice of £5 m...
12 Sep
Rape convictions lowest since records begun
Women’s groups warn rape being decriminalised and move to issue legal proceedings against ...
30 Jul
“Rape Effectively Decriminalised”: Women’s Coalition Demand Action f...
The End Violence Against Women Coalition (a coalition of over 80 specialist women’s organi...
27 Jul
Guardian Reveals Collapse in Rape Cases Ending up in Court
The front page exclusive of the Guardian today (Saturday 27 July) revealed only one in 65 ...
02 Jul
Women’s Groups Write to Tory Leader Candidates
Over 30 women’s groups today (2 July 2019) wrote to Conservative Party leader candidates J...
10 Jun
EVAW launches legal action against CPS for failure to prosecute rape
EVAW, represented by the Centre for Women’s Justice (CWJ), began legal action against the ...
06 Mar
Review of how rape is investigated and prosecuted announced
Responding to the publication today (6 March) of the Government’s “refreshed” Violence Aga...
11 Feb
Police failing to use bail conditions
A Times article today has reported that police have drastically reduced use of bail condit...
24 Jan
Inspectors find probation services failing to keep women safe
A report released today shows the stark failure of our prison and probation systems to dea...