Following a public consultation, CAP has announced that ads will no longer be able to depict harmful gender stereotypes. The new rule in the Advertising Codes, which will apply to broadcast and non-broadcast media (including online and social media), states: [Advertisements] must not include gender stereotypes that are likely to cause harm, or serious or widespread […]

Read full publication »  NCVO has produced a Brexit Factsheet that sets out considerations for voluntary organisations in the UK. It covers:

Sarah Champion, MP for Rotherham and Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Adult Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse, today launched a national survey of adult survivors. The survey has been created by the APPG to support its response to the Government’s new Victims Strategy. The APPG wants to provide Government with a […]

My name is Sammy Woodhouse. I was a victim of emotional and sexual abuse as a child, as part of the Rotherham abuse scandal. I decided to speak out to help expose what was happening to me and 1400 others children who were abused and failed. After rebuilding my life, I was made to relive […]

Breakthrough UK’s Democracy Disability Devolution –  women’s project is a (non-partisan) free project to raise awareness of barriers to disabled women’s political involvement and representation and solutions to remove these barriers. We aim to bring people together to challenge stereotypes and support people to register to vote, stand for office etc. We hope disabled women […]

Lisa Dando, Director at Brighton Women’s Centre, writes about their new report ‘Couples First? Understanding the needs of rough sleeping couples’ which looks at the experience of couples who are rough sleeping and makes recommendations for better understanding and supporting them. At BWC (Brighton Women’s Centre), we have been supporting women facing all kinds of social […]

Job Title: 2 x Specialist Domestic Abuse Court Advisors Department: Northumbria Police (Office of Police & Crime Commissioner) Grade and Salary: F, £24,483 to £26,802 (pro-rata), North Role – 27 hours per week, South Role – 23 hours per week) Duration: 12 months (Fixed Term Contract / Secondment)