The government has put the Online Safety Bill on hold until a new Prime Minister is in place, leaving it at risk of being weakened or scrapped. In a statement responding to the news, a coalition of violence against women…
The Law Commission of England and Wales has today (7th July 2022) made a series of recommendations to government for reforms that would strengthen protections for victims of image-based sexual abuse. These reforms follow a review of the laws around…
New Ofcom figures are published on the same day as the Victims' Commissioner's research, also highlighting the harmful impacts of online abuse on women and girls. Today (1st June 2022), Ofcom has released figures from their major study into the…
A coalition of experts including the End Violence Against Women Coalition, Glitch, Refuge, Carnegie UK, NSPCC, 5Rights and Professors Clare McGlynn and Lorna Woods have come together for the first time to create a ready-to-use set of guidelines, or ‘Code…
The Online Safety Bill presents an opportunity to address violence against women and girls in its digital dimensions and hold accountable the tech platforms that profit from this abuse. But if the new law passes in its current format, it…
Today (17th March 2022) the government has released its long-awaited Online Safety Bill, which sets out to give internet companies a duty of care to users in a bid to create safer online spaces. While parliamentary committees working on strengthening…
DOWNLOAD the VAWG snapshot report 2021-22 DOWNLOAD the report in large print WATCH the British Sign Language version, easy read version coming soon The End Violence Against Women Coalition (EVAW) has today (3rd March 2022) released its latest snapshot report…
UPDATE 22nd February 2022: Read the response to the open letter from Dominic Raab MP here, and read the Home Office's response here. Today (8th February 2022) on Safer Internet Day, the End Violence Against Women Coalition (EVAW) has joined…
After several evidence sessions and a call for written evidence, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) Committee on the new online safety law has today (24th January 2022) released its report on the proposals and made recommendations…
Following weeks of hearing evidence from a range of experts, the Joint Committee on the government’s draft Online Safety Bill yesterday (14th December 2021) released its report, containing recommendations for government on what the new law should contain. The colossal…