The National Audit Office (NAO) has today (31st January 2025) published its review of government spending to tackle violence against women and girls (VAWG), finding that it has neither improved outcomes for victims nor made progress in developing measures to prevent VAWG and deliver long-term societal change – a key tenet of its commitments in…| End Violence Against Women
The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has today (16th May 2025) published a report finding that the government response to violence against women and girls (VAWG) is continually failing to fund and prioritise work to prevent harmful attitudes and tackle harmful content. Some of the PAC’s key concerns include: The Department for Education (DfE) is not…| End Violence Against Women
Yesterday (1st October 2025), BBC Panorama released footage taken by an undercover journalist working in the Met Police’s Charing Cross station. In 2022, the Independent Office for Police Conduct published damning findings about officers in this station as part of Operation Hotton. These latest revelations of racism, Islamophobia and misogyny show that very little has… The post Panorama investigation exposes culture of racism, Islamophobia and misogyny in the Met Police appeared first on ...| End Violence Against Women
Technology Secretary Liz Kendall has today (29th September 2025) announced that the government will make cyberflashing a “priority offence” under Online Safety Act, in a welcome move to strengthen existing measures to protect women from online abuse. Cyberflashing – non-consensual sharing of nude genitals – was made an offence in January 2024. Today’s announcement will… The post Government strengthens tech regulation to tackle cyberflashing appeared first on End Violence Against W...| End Violence Against Women
As the Labour Party Conference gets underway this weekend, specialist violence against women and girls (VAWG) organisations will take over the agenda – calling on the government to turn its pledge to halve VAWG within a decade into meaningful action. Leading VAWG organisations – including community-based ‘by and for’ services – are coming together at… The post VAWG Takeover at Labour Conference: We need meaningful action appeared first on End Violence Against Women.| End Violence Against Women
The government has announced plans to expand its pilot of chemical suppression of sex offenders to three further regions across the country. In a statement responding to this, Andrea Simon, Director of the End Violence Against Women Coalition (EVAW), said: “The End Violence Against Women Coalition has concerns about government plans for a large expansion of a pilot…| End Violence Against Women
More than 60 organisations working to end violence against women have joined together to set out five key asks for the upcoming VAWG strategy, amidst concerns about its delayed publication. Last July, the government was elected on a mandate to halve violence against women and girls (VAWG) in a decade. But over one year into…| End Violence Against Women
The Crown Prosecution Service has today (26th January 2024) released the findings of its research on public understanding of rape with strategic communications experts Equally Ours, which aims to improve the handling and prosecution of rape and other sexual offences. A survey of more than 3,000 UK adults – the largest on this topic since…| End Violence Against Women
The End Violence Against Women Coalition is one of more than 100 women’s rights groups that have today (19th August 2025) written a joint letter to the Prime Minister calling for urgent action against the weaponisation of violence against women and girls by far-right groups and mainstream politicians to further a racist, anti-migrant agenda. Co-ordinated…| End Violence Against Women
The Labour government has committed to a landmark goal to halve violence against women and girls (VAWG) in a decade. Today, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has published a combined measure of domestic abuse, sexual violence and stalking from the Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) which has been produced as the main… The post New ONS crime data fails to capture full spectrum of VAWG appeared first on End Violence Against Women.| End Violence Against Women
This year, we are marking 20 years of the End Violence Against Women Coalition, looking back at all we’ve achieved together, and looking ahead to the challenges and opportunities we have to end violence against women and girls (VAWG) in the coming years. When we were set up twenty years ago as a coalition of… The post Launching EVAW’s new 5-year strategy appeared first on End Violence Against Women.| End Violence Against Women
Yesterday (22nd July 2025), the Law Commission published its long awaited report into sexual offences, making 72 recommendations to improve the understanding of consent and sexual harm in the criminal justice process, improve treatment of victims and ensure defendants receive a fair trial. The report acknowledges that rape has long been treated differently from other… The post Law Commission takes aim at myths and misconceptions: some hits, some misses appeared first on End Violence Against...| End Violence Against Women
Today (17th July 2025) the Home Office announced £53million funding for work to reduce offending by perpetrators of violence against women and girls (VAWG). Responding to the announcement, Andrea Simon, Director of the End Violence Aganst Women Coalition (EVAW), said: “Tackling violence against women and girls requires a whole-society approach that addresses the issue at… The post Government funding perpetrator work must be matched for victim services appeared first on End Violence Again...| End Violence Against Women
Today (11th July 2025) a parliamentary committee has raised the alarm about the government’s fragmented, short-term approach to funding work to end violence against women and girls (VAWG) – jeopardising its own mission to halve VAWG in a decade. The Home Affairs Committee’s report finds that despite VAWG remaining a widespread and escalating problem, accounting…| End Violence Against Women
