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…
This week (4th December 2023) Maria Miller MP spoke in Parliament on her amendment to the Victims and Prisoners Bill, supported by the Lord Chancellor and former Secretary of State for Justice, Robert Buckland MP. The amendment would provide greater…
Last week (19th October 2023) the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) released its quarterly figures on charging, prosecution and conviction rates for rape, sexual offences and domestic abuse - painting a concerning picture of how our broken justice system is responding…
The latest Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) data released today, 21st July 2022, shows it is still failing to meet its own targets to transform justice outcomes for rape survivors, while charging, prosecutions and convictions in cases of domestic abuse continue…
Update, 9th June 2022: Read the response from Rachel Maclean MP, Minister for Safeguarding Today, 29th April 2022, a group of rape crisis centres, support services and campaigners have written an open letter to the Home Secretary calling for findings…
Latest data shows CPS failing to meet its own targets to transform justice outcomes for rape survivors, as charging in domestic abuse cases continues to decline.
At the Bill’s second reading yesterday, MPs from across the political spectrum called for the new law to protect women and girls’ rights online
The Home Affairs Committee has today (12th April 2022) published its report on the investigation and prosecution of rape, which has been in sharp decline since 2016. While reported rapes reached an all-time high in the year to September 2021,…
Today (25th February 2022), the HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS) and the HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate (HMCPSI) have published the second and final part of their joint inspection of the investigation and prosecution of…
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has today (27th January 2022) released its latest crime figures, showing that for the 12-month period ending in September 2021, sexual offences recorded by the police were the highest on record, at 170,973 offences…