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…
A small women’s human rights charity today (10 March) launched a major CrowdJustice fundraising drive as it announced that in just seven days time (on 17 March) it will face the Crown Prosecution Service at the High Court, where senior…
In 2020, feminism, from the sickly pink variety to the real deep red and black, has a prominence and relevance to ‘mainstream’ political debate which was absent ten years ago. The last decade’s mega wave of feminism has put the fight for women’s…
Read the full letter here: FINAL letter to Home Secretary IWD 2020 In advance of International Women’s Day, over 33 women’s organisation groups have today (6 March 2020) written to Home Secretary Priti Patel asking her to make a commitment to…
Today (3 march 2020) marks the return of a Domestic Abuse Bill to Parliament for its First Reading, after it failed to complete its legislative passage when a General Election was called late last year. The Bill retains commitments within…
The Femicide Census report published today (20.02.20) on UK femicides in 2018 finds men who have already killed women are killing again – three men had already killed women before - and over half of perpetrators (52%) had a history…
Reports of cyber-flashing to British Transport Police (BTP) have almost doubled in a year, although campaigners say the number of women affected "will almost certainly be much higher" in information released today (19.02.20) Despite the rise there was only one…
Responding to the publication today (4 February) of a major new joint report on the response to child sexual abuse in the family by public agencies, produced by four inspectorates jointly, the End Violence Against Women Coalition said: “We…