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MPs call for violence against women and girls to be addressed in the Online Safe...
At the Bill’s second reading yesterday, MPs from across the political spectrum called for ...

Parliamentary report exposes broken justice system for rape survivors
The Home Affairs Committee has today (12th April 2022) published its report on the investi...

Government releases plan to tackle domestic abuse as part of its wider VAWG stra...
The Tackling Domestic Abuse Plan represents a welcome change of course from government, wh...

Survivors left out of response to cost of living crisis
Yesterday (23rd March 2022), the Chancellor of the Exchequer delivered his Spring Statemen...

Women and girls failed by government’s Online Safety Bill
Today (17th March 2022) the government has released its long-awaited Online Safety Bill, w...

MPs, football groups and equality organisations call for football to address gen...
MPs, football groups and equality organisations are among those who have signed up in supp...

New public campaigns a positive first step in ending violence against women
On 1st March 2022, the government launched a new public campaign aiming to prevent violenc...

NEW REPORT: violence against women and girls snapshot report 2021-22
DOWNLOAD the VAWG snapshot report 2021-22 DOWNLOAD the report in large print WATCH the Bri...

Police and CPS failing rape survivors, inspectorates find
Today (25th February 2022), the HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Serv...

It’s time to centre the needs and wishes of survivors and prevent sexual violenc...
Justice means different things to all of us. Not every woman wants or is able to seek just...

Safer Internet Day: Open letter to government to end online abuse
UPDATE 22nd February 2022: Read the response to the open letter from Dominic Raab MP here...

Open letter: it’s time for football to confront a culture of gender-based violen...
Today (5th February 2022) the End Violence Against Women Coalition, The Three Hijabis and ...

IOPC finds cultural issues of misogyny and racism in the Met Police
The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) has today (1st February 2022) released fi...

Highest number of rape and sexual offences on record, while charging plummets
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has today (27th January 2022) released its latest...