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27 Jan
Highest number of rape and sexual offences on record, while charging plummets
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has today (27th January 2022) released its latest...
24 Jan
New committee report fails to recommend naming VAWG in online safety law
After several evidence sessions and a call for written evidence, the Department for Digita...
20 Jan
Despite commitments to improve, justice system still fails women
The latest data from the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) released today (20th January 2022...
12 Jan
New measures in Policing Bill an increasing threat to our rights
The Policing Bill is being debated in the House of Lords this week (10th and 12th January ...
16 Dec
Home Office rejects recommendation to introduce a firewall to protect migrant su...
The Home Office has published its review into data-sharing arrangements between the poli...
15 Dec
Online safety committee fail to name violence against women in recommendations f...
Following weeks of hearing evidence from a range of experts, the Joint Committee on the go...
15 Dec
National policing VAWG framework must translate into accountability and meaningf...
Today (15th December 2021) the National Police Chiefs’ Council lead for Violence Against W...
09 Dec
Rape scorecards show broken justice system for rape survivors
The government has today (9th December 2021) released its first set of scorecards showing ...
08 Dec
Law Commission recommendations underscore need to address gendered online harms
Yesterday (7th December 2021), the Law Commission announced recommendations to protect wom...
02 Dec
74% think government should do more to ensure social media platforms address onl...
Leading women’s organisations have today (2nd December 2021) launched joint asks for an on...
01 Dec
New campaign calls for women and girls to be included in online safety law
Online abuse and violence against women and girls experts have today launched a campaign u...
26 Nov
Improvements in sexual offence prosecutions due to pandemic recovery, but still ...
Ministry of Justice (MoJ) statistics released last week (18th November 2021) showed that f...
25 Nov
52 women’s organisations denounce ‘harmful and discriminatory’ Borders Bill
Today, on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, 52 women’s ...
24 Nov
New ONS data shows extent and impact of VAWG
ONS data released today (24th November 2021) provides vital insight into the scale and las...