On Tuesday (21.04.20) the End Violence Against Women Coalition submitted evidence to the Home Affairs Select Committee on the Home Office preparedness for COVID-19. The Committee had also previously heard oral evidence from voices within the sector in their session…
UPDATE on 27th April: We have now received a response from City Hall to our letter regarding tech support. The letter is available here: Mayor's Office Response to EVAW's Letter re Tech ask 27.04.20 The End Violence Against Women Coalition…
READ: EVAW Briefing on COVID-19 and the Duty to Prevent VAWG A Coalition of leading women’s organisations today (8 April) published a new Briefing setting out how the COVID-19 pandemic is likely to lead to increased levels of violence against women…
Today (6th April) specialist organisations in Violence against Women and Girls have published a letter to the Prime Minister calling for action at the highest level and state that during COVID-19 "more women and girls will be abused and are…
This week (on 23 March) we wrote to Labour Party leader candidates Rebecca Long-Bailey, Lisa Nandy and Keir Starmer asking them to make specific pledges to tackle violence against women and girls if they were to become the next Labour…
Today (20th March) more than 10 key Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) organisations have come together to issue a joint statement on COVID 19. The statement is available here and has signatories included EVAW, Women's Aid, Imkaan, Refuge and…
(17 March 2020) A national coalition of women’s organisations, the End Violence Against Women Coalition (EVAW), represented by the Centre for Women’s Justice, was today (17 March) refused permission to bring a full judicial review challenge against the CPS which…
Hearing follows dramatic revelation (15 March) that CPS concealed internal report on rape case problems Rape survivors are available for interview and comment A national coalition of women’s organisations, the End Violence Against Women Coalition (EVAW), will face the Crown…
The family of rape survivor and campaigner Jilll Saward have today (14 March) donated £10,000 to EVAW's legal fund for their Judicial Review against the CPS. The full story, an exclusive by the Guardian is available here. Gavin Drake, Saward’s…
Today (13th March) the HMICFRS, the Inspectorate of the police published their report on the Metropolitan Police Service – an inspection of the Metropolitan Police Service’s response to a review of its investigations into allegations of non-recent sexual abuse by…