Until 15:00 @ IP-City Centre – Conference Venue, 1 Bath Street, Waterfront Building 19-21 Neptune Quay, Ipswich IP2 8SD Free Thrilled to announce an interesting conference in Ipswich to discuss community-based approaches to tackling domestic abuse. The event will present findings and ongoing work from various research projects on domestic abuse at the University of […]

Until 4pm @ Surrey History Centre, 130 Goldsworth Road, Woking, GU21 6ND Join us for an exciting day celebrating Surrey’s suffrage connections, including: Programme 10.00am Introduction and welcome 10.05am Rosie Everritt, Project Archivist & Holly Parsons, Project Officer The March of the Women: Discovering Surrey’s Road to the Vote 10.45am Kathy Atherton The Money behind […]

Vulnerable foreign national women in the criminal justice system, including trafficking victims, are facing inappropriate imprisonment and the threat of deportation at the expense of rehabilitation or support, according to a new report published by the Prison Reform Trust and Hibiscus Initiatives. The report, Still no way out, found that foreign national women, many of […]

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is calling for new national guidance to improve the sexual safety of people and staff on mental health wards, following analysis of how mental health trusts in England report sexual incidents. In its Sexual Safety on Mental Health Wards report published on 11 September 2018, the CQC shares its findings […]

Home office accused of ‘flouting’ independent expert as figures show 104 pregnant women detained since Stephen Shaw review recommended end to detention of women expecting children More than 100 pregnant women have been detained in UK removal centres in the past two years, despite a government-commissioned review recommending the Home Office ban the practice in 2016. Figures published in response […]

The Home Secretary has turned down calls for protest-free areas around abortion clinics to prevent women from being intimidated.  Sajid Javid said introducing “buffer zones” outside clinics in the UK was “not a proportionate response”. His predecessor, Amber Rudd, launched a review in November last year, saying it was “unacceptable” that anyone should feel intimidated […]

The rise comes just two years after a hard-hitting anti-rape campaign to combat sex crimes in the forces More than 250 female troops say they have been raped or sexually assaulted in the last three years. More than 130 – mainly soldiers – allegedly fell victim last year alone. Of those, 77 were physical attacks, […]

HM Inspectorate of Prisons has published an inspection report of HMP & YOI Styal, a women’s prison in Cheshire. The inspection, which was unannounced, was carried out from 23 April to 6 May 2018. The report recognises the complex needs of women in Styal prison, many with histories of serious self-harm, mental ill health, substance […]

There was a “significant rise” in domestic abuse reports during the World Cup, the lead officer for football policing in England and Wales has said. More than 60 incidents were reported after England’s semi-final defeat by Croatia, compared to the highest figure of 24 during Euro 2016. It is not clear if this is due […]

Childline relaunches #ListenToYourSelfie campaign about healthy and unhealthy relationships Childline has held 3,878 counselling sessions about peer-on-peer sexual abuse in 2017/18 – a 29% rise since last year1 .  #ListenToYourSelfie aims to prevent peer-on-peer abuse and encourgages young people to seek help if they’re in an unhealthy relationship. Young people who spoke to Childline revealed a […]