Happy Birthday EVAW!
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…
RAPE PROSECUTIONS: New report finds system collapse & calls for political intervention on juries, police and prosecutors
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…
Istanbul Convention – UK failure to protect migrant women means UK doesn’t comply
Last week (22.10.20) the Home Office published their fourth annual report on the UK’s progress towards ratification of the Council of Europe’s convention on preventing and combating violence against women and girls, otherwise known as the Istanbul Convention. The Istanbul…
VAWG Sector call for strategic investment to end abuse
26 organisations working to end violence against women and girls have written Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak, calling on him to recognise the enormous costs of domestic and sexual violence to the state and communities, and to allocate specific…
House of Lords to hear from migrant survivors of domestic abuse ahead of the second reading of the Domestic Abuse Bill
On 22 September, ahead of the Domestic Abuse Bill returning to Parliament, members of the House of Lords will hear directly from migrant women survivors. In an event organised by the London Victim’s Commissioner, Claire Waxman, with the participation of…
Online abuse during Covid: Almost half of women have experienced abuse online during pandemic
READ the full report here: Glitch and EVAW, The Ripple Effect, Online abuse during COVID-19, Sept 2020 Call on Government and tech companies to step up on content moderation, transparency, investment and education; Women reveal the impact of online abuse…
Covid-19 & Justice for Women: Report lays out myriad issues & calls for Government attention
Leading women’s groups have today (14 August) published a short report on the numerous new problems women are facing in the criminal and family justice systems in England & Wales due to Covid, and have called on the Government to…
Women’s Groups & Unions calls for suspension of the MP arrested for rape
EVAW has supported the call for the Conservative MP arrested for rape to face immediate suspension pending a full investigation. The statement published yesterday (04.08.20) led by Fawcett, was also signed by TUC, Women’s Aid, Rape Crisis England & Wales…
Court of Appeal grants permission for judicial review of CPS Rape Policy – women’s groups delighted
A historic decision at the Court of Appeal today (30 July) has overturned a High Court decision in March 2020 that women’s groups should not be granted a full judicial review of CPS rape charging policy and practice. The Court…
Rape Prosecutions: Women’s groups “appalled” at further fall in numbers, and head to Court again against CPS
New CPS rape figures released today show prosecutions have dropped by a third, with the lowest number of convictions on record, and contrary to CPS’ positive claims New figures released today (30 July) by the CPS show once again the…