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…
The review found 9 out of 10 girls had experienced sexist name calling and 92% of girls had been sent unsolicited explicit pictures or videos, women’s groups say the government must take urgent action to reverse the normalisation of harmful…
Today (8 June 2021) marks nine years since the UK signed the Istanbul Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence, the gold standard framework for tackling violence against women and girls (VAWG). EVAW, along with 32…
Intimate image abuse against women and girls, and other forms of online VAWG, is part of the continuum of violence and abuse that occurs offline. It takes place in the context of gendered norms of popular culture that can reinforce…