Letter to Attorney General EVAW Coalition Briefing on HMCPSI rape inspection Letter to the Attorney General includes “rebuttals” document and asks him to reject HMCPSI findings on CPS rape decision making as inadequate – as ongoing Rape Review proceeds …
Yesterday (15.01.20) the Office for Students (the independent regulator for higher education in England) launched their consultation on harassment and sexual misconduct in higher education. The failings of numerous academic institutions have left survivors of sexual violence felling unrecognised, unsupported and…
Women’s organisations (1) have expressed “huge disappointment” at the findings of the HMCPSI report released today (17 December), which concludes that there is no issue with Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) decision making when it comes to the prosecution of rape…
What do the party manifestos say about ending Violence against Women & Girls? For this General Election, the manifestos and spending documents produced by the Conservative, Labour, Liberal Democrat and Green Parties all contain pledges to tackle violence against women…
Today (20 November) the Conservative Party have pledged to commit £15 million next year to the crisis in rape prosecutions and support in order to"cut delays, speed up charging decisions, and keep more victims engaged with the process until trial",…
29 Women’s and Equality Organisations launch a ‘Manifesto for Women and Girls’ Today (18 November), women’s and human rights organisations have joined forces to launch a ‘Manifesto for Women and Girls’ to empower voters to have conversations with political candidates…
PARTY LEADERS ASKED: WHAT WILL YOU DO TO END VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLS? UPDATE: As of the 6th December we have now received responses from the following parties: Labour response to EVAW Green response to EVAW Conservatives response to…
In a Law Gazette article published yesterday (13th November) and subsequent Newsnight programme it was revealed that the CPS had hidden performance targets linked to conviction rates. A CPS spokesperson acknowledged that the targets on staff between 2016 and 2018…
Today (Tuesday 29th October) a range of women’s organisations have written an open letter to the Mayor of Newham Rokhsana Fiaz calling on the Council to re-instate funding for the London Black Women’s Project specialist BME refuges. London Black Women’s…
Yesterday (16th October) the government announced that it would not be commencing Part 3 of the Digital Economy Act 2017 concerning age verification for online pornography. Age verification of porn websites has had multiple delays since it was proposed, and…