This new 80-page report refers to ongoing legal action against the CPS for failings and sets out overwhelming evidence that rape cases are being dropped when they should not be.
Read moreNew report! - Access to justice for women and girls during Covid-19 pandemic
Quality of police investigations, remote hearings, child contact proceedings, jury trial uncertainty, racism in justice systems – all impacting women’s safety and access to justice
Read moreVictims' Commissioner calls for "drastic overhaul to the way rape victims are treated" in latest report
The London Rape Review, conducted by MOPAC and the University of West London is now published. The report looks at 501 allegations of rape reported in London in April 2016, providing the clearest picture to date of reported rape in the capital and the reasons why so few cases result in conviction.
Read moreCWJ Launch Super-complaint: Police failure to use protective measures in cases involving violence against women and girls
This super-complaint addresses four legal powers available to the police in detail and explores the extent to which, and the reasons why, they are not being used adequately.
Read more3rd Femicide Census report published
The 2017 Femicide Census findings
Read moreMajor new survey: many people still unclear what rape is
The End Violence Against Women Coalition commissioned the YouGov survey of around 4,000 people across Great Britain in order to examine why rape, a very common and extremely harmful crime, is still so difficult to tackle at a time when reports to police are increasing exponentially
Read moreNew resource: Victims’ Rights in the Parole Process
A new guide outlining victims’ rights
Read moreCPS Violence Against Women and Girls Report 2017-18
The Eleventh edition of the Crown Prosecution Service Report
Read moreVictims Strategy →
This cross-government Victims Strategy sets out a criminal justice system wide response to improving the support offered to victims of crime and incorporates actions from all criminal justice agencies, including the police, CPS and courts.
Read moreWomen in Crisis: How women and girls are being failed by the Mental Health Act.
New report by Agenda looking at how the Mental Health Act can be detrimental to women.
Read more#YouToo: The Sexual Harassment in the Workplace Report of the House of Commons Women and Equalities Committee – Karon Monaghan
Report into sexual harassment in the workplace published 25th July 2018 (“Sexual Harassment in the Workplace” Report of the House of Commons Women and Equalities Committee (2018) HC 725.)
Read moreSTOP (Sex Trafficking Korea) - Best Practices of Anti-Prostitution Organizations
2018 Contribution Paper from Harriet Wistrich
Read moreMOJ launches Female Offender Strategy - our statement
The Ministry of Justice has today published is long awaited Female Offender Strategy. Here is our statement on the strategy.
Read moreThe Femicide Census has been published
The latest Femicide Census report, published in December 2017, reveals that 113 women were killed by men in England, Wales and Northern Ireland in 2016
Read moreWe are still here - the continued detention of women seeking asylum in Yarl's Wood
New report on the detention of survivors of sexual and gender-based violence
Read moreViolence against women and girls: Protecting women’s human rights and holding the state to account
his report has been commissioned by the End Violence Against Women Coalition (EVAW) and Southall Black Sisters (SBS) to highlight the role of human rights in tackling the day to day operational police failures that women and girls continue to experience when reporting gender-based violence.
Read moreLiving in fear - the police and CPS response to harassment and stalking
Inspection report into the police and the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS)’s response to harassment and stalking crimes.
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