Women’s groups warn rape being decriminalised and move to issue legal proceedings against CPS. The latest figures in the CPS’ annual report on prosecuting crimes of violence against women published today,12 September shows CPS decisions to prosecute rape are the…
Update 18.10.2019: The Home Office has now responded to our letter and provided details as to their spending on VAWG in this current spending period - the Comprehensive Spending Review is now set to take place in 2020. A copy…
The Rape Monitoring Group figures released today are truly shocking. We are seeing the lowest number of rape convictions in years at the same time as a huge increase in women reporting these offences - evidence of just how broken…
A new YouGov survey and report published today (23 August) finds that Many people think that men need and want sex more than women People also think straight men tend to initiate sex and orgasm more than women People think…
Recent Home Office figures revealed that only one in 65 rape cases reported to the police are now reaching court. EVAW believes there is a crisis in the criminal justice response to rape, and that the government is failing to…
The End Violence Against Women Coalition (a coalition of over 80 specialist women’s organisations) today (30 July) wrote to Prime Minister Boris Johnson asking for immediate action following new Home Office statistics that show only 1.5% of rapes that are…
The front page exclusive of the Guardian today (Saturday 27 July) revealed only one in 65 rape cases reported to police result in suspects being summonsed or charged, a Guardian analysis of the latest crime figures has shown. "The most recent…
Responding to the Government tabling the Domestic Violence Bill in Parliament today (16 July), the End Violence Against Women Coalition Co-Director Rachel Krys said: “While we are glad to see that the long discussed Domestic Violence and Abuse Bill is…
A new Briefing Paper published by EVAW today (11 July) finds that the 42 Police and Crime Commissioners’ response to domestic violence, sexual violence and other forms of violence against women and girls is “haphazard” and unreliable, combined with worrying…
Over 30 women’s groups today (2 July 2019) wrote to Conservative Party leader candidates Jeremy Hunt and Boris Johnson asking them to make specific pledges to tackle domestic and sexual violence if they become the next Prime Minister. The organisations,…