On Saturday (2.05.20) the Government pledged £76 million new funding for domestic and sexual violence support, vulnerable children & modern slavery, out of The Chancellor's £750 million 'charity bailout' announced earlier in April. Director of End Violence Against Women Sarah…
A Coalition of leading women’s organisations today (30 April) expressed concern at the latest CPS rape prosecution statistics which show little is changing to improve women’s likelihood of getting justice after rape. End Violence Against Women Coalition Director Sarah Green says: “We’re…
Today (Tuesday 28 April) the Domestic Abuse Bill will have its Second Reading in Parliament. Ahead of this Reading, EVAW is asking MPs to recognise the need for the Bill to include a non-discrimination principle in line with the Istanbul…
Today (27 April 2020) the Home Affairs Select Committee have published their report on “Home Office preparedness for Covid-19 (Coronavirus): domestic abuse and risks of harm within the home”. The report is drawn from written and oral evidence from the…
Today (24.04.20) the Violence Against Women & Girls Sector has released a joint statement calling on the government to adhere to three core principles when making emergency funding available. The Chancellor announced a £750 million pot to support frontline charities,…
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…