Ofcom has today (25th February 2025) published draft Violence Against Women and Girls Guidance, proposing new measures for tech firms to tackle online harms against women and girls. The guidance focuses on four issues: Online misogyny ‘Pile-ons’ and online harassment…
The National Audit Office (NAO) has today (31st January 2025) published its review of government spending to tackle violence against women and girls (VAWG), finding that it has neither improved outcomes for victims nor made progress in developing measures to…
Last week (29th October 2024) the End Violence Against Women Coalition held our second annual prevention conference, exploring the impact the online world is having on young people, and what can be done to tackle it. The conference brought together…
Today (Thursday 11th July) marks the final day of an 8 week public consultation on draft Relationships, Sex and Health Education (RSHE) guidance published by the previous government. Last year, the previous government announced its plans to review RSHE guidance…
After over a year of speculation in Parliament and the press, the government has now (16th May 2024) published its draft Relationships, Sex and Health Education (RSHE) guidance and announced an 8 week public consultation. Last year, the government announced…
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 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…
This week (11th December 2023), a coalition of 58 leading organisations working to end violence against women and girls (VAWG) in England and Wales have published a shadow report on the UK's implementation of the Council of Europe Convention on…