The data, released yesterday (24th August 2021), reveals that during the period 2nd – 27th June 2021: One in two women felt unsafe walking alone after dark in a quiet street near their home, compared to one in seven men.…
The report confirmed what women’s organisations have been saying for some time, that there is a systemic failure to meet the state’s duty to safeguard a highly vulnerable section of the population. Critically, the police are failing to use four…
Update (10 Sept 2021): The Secretary of State for Education, Gavin Williamson, has responded to the letter. Read the response here. A letter sent today (28 July 2021) to the Secretary of State for Education Gavin Williamson and signed by…
Today (22.07.21) the Crown Prosecution Service has released its end of year data on Violence against Women and Girls. This data is a crucial measurement by which we can assess any progress in the CPS approach to prosecuting crimes of…
This strategy is launched after a particular spotlight on violence against women and girls following the murder of Sarah Everard, Bibaa Henry, Nicole Smallman and many others, and the outpouring of anger and distress from women which propelled a national…
Today (16 July) Part One of the joint HMCFRS and HMCPSI inspection into the police and CPS response to rape was published. Within the recommendations it stresses the need for a seamless approach between the police and CPS, the recording…
The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts (PCSC) Bill entered Report Stage on 5 July. A briefing published by EVAW, Imkaan, Southall Black Sisters, Latin American Women’s Rights Service, Rights of Women and Working Chance sets out its opposition to the…
On 18th June several specialist violence against women and girls (VAWG) organisations sent a joint letter to the Home Secretary raising concerns about the scope of Round Three of the Safer Streets Fund. The third round of funding was launched…
The End Violence Against Women (EVAW) Coalition submitted evidence (on 17.06.21) to the Home Affairs Select Committee's inquiry into investigation and prosecution of rape. This follows our original submission to the Committee’s Call for Evidence into violence against women and…
A group of leading violence against women and girls (VAWG) organisations - EVAW, Imkaan, Rape Crisis England and Wales and Centre for Women's Justice - has expressed its frustration and disappointment in response to the Government’s Rape Review, published today…