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…
As of January 2021 Andrea Simon will lead EVAW’s work campaigning to end violence against women and girls in all its forms. Previously, Andrea was EVAW's Head of Public Affairs, focussing on leading the organisation’s work influencing legislation, and policy…
READ The Call to Action SIGN UP to attend launch event, Thurs 10 Dec, 10am On Human Rights Day tomorrow, the last day of our annual #16days of action to end violence against women and girls, a movement-changing initiative will be launched for the…
The End Violence Against Women Coalition was launched during the #16days of action in 2005, so we’ve been reflecting on our first 15 years, what we’ve done and how far there might be to go Women come together - In…
READ: Full Report READ: Full Report - Large print READ: Letter to Secretary of State for Justice, Robert Buckland 55,259 rapes reported last year; but only 2,102 prosecutions and 1,439 convictions Leading Women’s Organisations find ‘rape myths’ throughout the police…