The government has today (23rd April 2024) accepted an amendment to the Victims and Prisoners Bill that will raise the legal threshold for when rape survivors’ counselling notes can be requested by the police. The amendment was tabled in the House of…
Today (17th April 2024) Eastenders will air an hour-long special focusing on a storyline about sexual assault. The soap’s Yolande Trueman will be subjected to a sexual assault at the hands of her church pastor, following a period of sexual…
UPDATE: The proposed criminalisation of creating non-consensual sexually explicit deepfakes did not become an offence as the legal proposals were dropped when the 2024 General Election was called. The Ministry of Justice has today (16th April 2024) announced that individuals…
A new survey of young people has found that gaps in schools’ education are driving them towards porn and social media for information about sex and relationships. Released yesterday (11th April 2024), the Sex Education Forum’s survey found: Less than…
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has this week (12th March 2024) published the final findings of its research on improving responses to rape - part of Operation Soteria, of the most promising outcomes of the government’s Rape Review. Despite rape…
Today (Wednesday 6th March), the Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt has delivered the Spring budget, along with updated forecasts about the economy and public finances - providing a bleak outlook for ending violence against women and girls (VAWG), as…
Lady Eilish Angiolini has today (29th February 2024) published the findings of her independent inquiry into how Metropolitan police officer Wayne Couzens was able to abduct, rape and murder Sarah Everard - finding a series of utterly shocking failings to…
Last week (13th and 14th February 2024), the End Violence Against Women Coalition gave evidence to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG), Reem Alsalem, as part of her visit to the UK to examine…
Download the Snapshot report here Download the large print report here As the country gears up for an almost-certain general election this year, a new YouGov poll has found that nearly seven in ten (68%) of the public believe the…
The Crown Prosecution Service has today (26th January 2024) released the findings of its research on public understanding of rape with strategic communications experts Equally Ours, which aims to improve the handling and prosecution of rape and other sexual offences…