UPDATE: We have now (05.05.21) received a response from Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the School System, Baroness Berridge. In this response, Baroness Berridge states that she has asked officials to get in touch to discuss our recommendations further. Read…
Step Up Migrant Women, a campaign led by the Latin American Women’s Rights Service and supported by more than 50 organisations standing together for the rights and protection of migrant women, are asking for our support to help make this…
A year ago, several key umbrella organisations in the VAWG sector came together at the start of lockdown to issue a joint call to action to the Government on Covid-19 and the pandemic’s expected impact on women and girls experiencing or at…
We know our supporters are as disappointed as us with Monday’s judgment which failed to hold the CPS accountable for the devastating drop in rape prosecutions. We urge women across England and Wales to continue this fight with us by:…
This decision follows a shocking and unprecedented collapse in the volume and percentage of rape allegations resulting in a prosecution between 2016 and 2020. Between 2009/10 and 2016/17, an average of 3,446 rape allegations were charged per year. In 2017/18,…
A lot has happened in the past year, in our world, in our lives, in our movement. Through it all there has been a piece of work led by Black, minoritised, and white women focused on how the violence against…
This year for International Women’s Day, we call on the government to not leave any survivor of domestic abuse behind so that all women can live their lives free from violence. Over the course of the Domestic Abuse Bill’s journey,…
Imkaan, the End Violence Against Women Coalition and Women’s Aid Federation of England have developed a set of Joint Principles for the next VAWG strategy, which are supported by many other specialist VAWG sector organisations. The Government has published a…
Today, EVAW releases a new report that pulls together official statistics and recently published research from the VAWG sector. Our Trends Report sets out the state of violence against women and girls as of January 2021, it’s prevalence, and the…
A coalition of women’s organisations will face the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) in the Court of Appeal in a two day judicial review hearing on 26 and 27 January 2021, as three of the country’s most senior judges will consider…