Please share our survey as widely as possible. It’s critical we hear from rape victims & survivors who have reported to @metpoliceuk & were asked to share personal technology such as mobile phone data https://twitter.com/LDNVictimsComm/status/1318183440097923074 Your Voice Matters The Victim’s Commissioner for London, Claire Waxman, together with the Mayor’s Office for Policing And Crime (MOPAC) […]

The government is failing in its treatment of child victims of trafficking in a hostile immigration system, according to shocking new data obtained by ECPAT UK under the Freedom of Information Act ahead of the 10 year anniversary of the UK’s Anti-Slavery Day. The data shows that 4,695 adults and children subject to immigration control […]

Nearly six out of ten women leaving prison have nowhere safe to go. Many women are released with just £46, a plastic bag, nowhere to live and threat of recall if they miss their probation appointment. In so many ways the consequences are catastrophic for the womenconcerned, their families and for society. Between 2019 and […]

As part of the CPS work on Rape and Serious Sexual Offences (RASSO) under our five-year strategy, we made a commitment to launch a consultation on our updated rape legal guidance this autumn. Our legal guidance is an important aspect of our work and provides support to our prosecutors to make effective Code compliant decisions […]

“This survey of rape survivors tells us that not only are they denied justice, but they feel actively re-victimised by the criminal justice system. If survivors of this deeply damaging and highly prevalent crime are to feel “…the state is on their side” the government’s end to end rape review must produce radical cultural transformation […]

CBE Margaret Eleanor Baxter Chair of Trustees, Womankind. For services to Gender Equality in the UK and Abroad OBE Dr Nicola Sharp-Jeffs Founder, Surviving Economic Abuse. For services to Victims of Domestic and Economic Abuse OBE Nicola Norman* Acting Chief Executive, Women’s Aid Federation of England. For services to the Prevention of Violence Against Women […]

Breast Cancer Now estimates that around 986,000 women missed their mammograms due to breast screening programmes being paused in March 2020, in a bid to reduce the risk of COVID-19 spreading and to free up emergency resource for the NHS. Worryingly, the charity anticipates that around 8,600 of the women caught up in this backlog […]

The Law Commission is making proposals to reform hate crime laws to remove the disparity in the way hate crime laws treat each protected characteristic – race, religion, sexual orientation, disability and transgender identity. The Commission is also proposing that sex or gender be added to the protected characteristics for the first time. The proposals […]

A survey of 1,000 UK women, conducted by IPSOS Mori on behalf of Marie Stopes revealed almost a quarter (24%) of UK women have needed to access contraception during COVID-19, but many have been left in the dark about how and where to do so. Less than half (46%) thought they could access contraception through […]

Largest ever global survey on online violence shows that one in five girls (19%) have left or significantly reduced use of a social media platform after being harassed, while another one in ten (12%) have changed the way they express themselves. Girls and young women worldwide are demanding urgent action from social media companies after […]