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…
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…
UPDATE: We have now (16.11.20) received a response from the Education Secretary, Gavin Williamson. In this response, the Education Secretary acknowledges that many children now back at school will have been exposed to trauma during lockdown and that is is critical…
The End Violence Against Women Coalition submitted evidence to the Women and Equalities Select Committee on the unequal impact of Coronavirus for BME people (on 10.07.20) and on disabled people (on 13.07.20). This follows our original submission to the Committee’s…
In response to the Government introducing a gradual relaxation of coronavirus restrictions, 26 VAWG sector organisations have today (08.07.20) released a statement to broadly set out our situation and concerns in this changing context - which includes various approaches to…
The Domestic Abuse Bill is set to have its third reading in the Commons today (06.07.20) where final amendments will be put to the vote before the Bill passes over to the Lords. A raft of amendments have been supported…
Yesterday (30 June) saw Meg Hillier, Labour MP for Hackney South and Shoreditch, lead a debate on the topic of black women and domestic abuse. EVAW and Imkaan produced a joint briefing for Meg Hillier MP. The fact that domestic…
KEY LEGAL BUNDLE DOCUMENTS SENT TO JUSTICE SECRETARY: Whistleblower Statement Case Studies 'dossier' Statement of Facts & Grounds * EVAW Director Statement Imkaan Reclaiming Voice CJS briefing June 2020 Letter to Justice Secretary 30 June 2020 *An unredacted Statement of…
The Ministry of Justice has today (25.06.20) announced an overhaul of the way family courts deal with child contact cases in response to a report ‘Assessing the Risk of Harm to Children and Parents in Private Law Children’s Cases’. The…
The Information Commissioner's Office report 'Mobile phone data extraction by police forces in England and Wales' released today (18.06.20). The report finds that "police data extraction practices vary across the country, with excessive amounts of personal data often being extracted,…