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EVAW Coalition retweeted
This week, UK ministers are discussing limits to human rights protections. BIHR has gathered civil society organisations across the UK to share our message:
👉 Human Rights are universal, not political leverage.
🔗 Watch & share our joint video: buff.ly/ldiKQ6j
EVAW Coalition retweeted
Killed Women were at the Houses of Parliament today, in support of Make It Mandatory and @EVAWuk End Violence Against Women, as they - along with Baroness Nicky Morgan - delivered a letter to the Department for Education calling for Relationships & Sex Education to be made mandatory for all 16-18 year olds.
In the afternoon we briefed Peers in the House of Lords about why this is so important, with the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill going through Parliament.
EVAW Coalition retweeted
From today, police can no longer routinely access victims' therapy notes.
This is a vital win for survivors. Counselling is a space to heal, not evidence to be trawled.
No survivor should have to choose between seeking justice and getting the support they need.
📣 We’re delighted that from today, police officers will no longer be able to routinely access rape survivors’ private counselling notes, after we changed the law to #KeepCounsellingConfidential
ALT Campaign win! Following the success of our #KeepCounsellingConfidential campaign, from today police officers will no longer be able to routinely access survivors’ therapy notes
ALT What needs to come next? Making sure police actually follow the new guidance, informing survivors and therapists of their new rights
EVAW Coalition retweeted
Huge congratulations to Andrea Simon on her appointment by @MayorofLondon as the new @LDNVictimsComm.
Claire Waxman OBE has welcomed the appointment, hailing her successor in the role as a "powerful champion" for the capital.
Read the full statement: victimscommissioner.org.uk/n…
ALT A quote card from the Victims' Commissioner designate, Claire Waxman OBE. Large text reads: 'I am thrilled by the appointment of Andrea Simon as London’s next Victims’ Commissioner. I can think of no one better suited to take up this mantle, and I know Andrea will be a powerful champion for all victims across the capital.'
I’m delighted to announce that Andrea Simon will be London’s new independent Victims’ Commissioner. Andrea will be a strong, independent voice for victims of crime & will work tirelessly to help reform the criminal justice system so that it supports victims every step of the way.
ALT Portrait image of Andrea Simon, stood with arms folded & smiling
EVAW Coalition retweeted
I’m delighted to announce that Andrea Simon will be London’s new independent Victims’ Commissioner. Andrea will be a strong, independent voice for victims of crime & will work tirelessly to help reform the criminal justice system so that it supports victims every step of the way.
ALT Portrait image of Andrea Simon, stood with arms folded & smiling
EVAW Coalition retweeted
We don't recommend the use of self-swap rape kits. We don't believe they will be as effective at bringing perpetrators to justice or providing support to survivors.
This concern is also shared by other organisations across the sexual violence sector: rapecrisis.org.uk/news/sexua…
EVAW Coalition retweeted
Police investigations haven’t become excessively long overnight. We've identified 5 key factors that contribute to delayed investigations of sexual offences.
Survivors deserve timely justice.
We hope this super-complaint is a starting point for change ow.ly/XR5n50XJNB5
EVAW Coalition retweeted
🚨Exclusive: Police have been hit with a rare super-complaint over "inhumane" delays in sexual offences investigations.
Some survivors have waited as long as NINE YEARS between reporting and a charging decision.
The situation is described as "untenable"
channel4.com/news/exclusive-…
EVAW Coalition retweeted
Many sexual offence cases are taking far longer than is reasonable for the police to investigate, resulting in some staggering and inexplicably long delays.
This is not good enough.
Read our super-complaint: ow.ly/xCSu50XKaTs
EVAW Coalition retweeted
Thank you so much @EVAWuk for this award. @louisetickle & I dedicate it to the mothers who shared their stories with us about child removal. The investigation was a collaboration between @TBIJ & @tortoise. Thanks to both teams esp @Gareth_Davies09 @senordelcorbett & @MattRussell3
✍️ BEST INVESTIGATION
Congratulations to @hansummers and @louisetickle, winners of our Best Investigation award for 2025!
Read the piece here: thebureauinvestigates.com/st…
ALT Best investigation: Hannah Summers and Louise Tickle, The Bureau of Investigative Journalism. Psychologist's 'alarming' views on domestic abuse throw spotlight on family court experts
EVAW Coalition retweeted
It was an honour to judge & present an award at the Write to End Violence Against Women Awards by @EVAWuk last Thursday
Met some incredible Black journalists who were nominated & even won for their incredible work including Alannah Francis & Jamila Pereira, Griotgal & Ebony🙌🏾👏🏾
EVAW Coalition retweeted
Huge well done to all the journalists.
A special congratulations to @hansummers & @louisetickle , winners of Best Investigation. Their reporting has been instrumental in exposing how abuse survivors are treated in family courts, and helping us to drive urgent change @EVAWuk
💫 What a night celebrating the journalists and writers showing excellence in reporting on violence against women!
✍️ Read about how their work is making a difference to collective attitudes and awareness - moving us towards accountability and prevention.
endviolenceagainstwomen.org.…
EVAW Coalition retweeted
Another Autumn Budget, Another year of uncertainty for VAWG services and victim-survivors: A joint statement from @sbsisters @Imkaan @lawrsuk @WelshWomensAid @EVAWuk @RapeCrisisEandW @whywomen @womensaid
southallblacksisters.org.uk/…
EVAW Coalition retweeted
Despite a manifesto commitment to halve VAWG, the government’s Budget has provided no new funding for the specialist organisations supporting victim-survivors of VAWG and their children.
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EVAW Coalition retweeted
8 specialist women’s orgs have come together to issue a joint statement on the gov’s Budget 2025.
The Budget ignored VAWG. Our sector cannot survive another year of silence.
Read the full statement here:
🔗: bit.ly/4p8hkCm
@Imkaan @SBSisters @lawrsuk @RapeCrisisEandW @WelshWomensAid @womensresource @whywomen @EVAWuk @womensaid
EVAW Coalition retweeted
Killed Women's response to the shocking Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) findings into police failings surrounding the death of Harshita Brella.
Following the IOPC statement today (bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1m8…), our Killed Women bereaved families—supported by the Invisible Women campaign, Killed Women and @SBSisters—are requesting an URGENT meeting with the Government to progress discussions and take forward the recommendations set out in our recent research report (killedwomen.org/invisible-wo…).
#invisiblewomen
@JMoncktonSmith @FemicideCensus @AAFDA6 @RefugeCharity @centreWJ @David_Challen @AlexDaviesJones @DavidLammy @EVAWuk @OfficialMelB @NatalieQueiroz1 @LorienHaynes @jessphillips @ShabanaMahmood @CommissionerDA @benlindsayOBE @soniasodha @voice4victims @Rachel_deSouza
EVAW Coalition retweeted
The govts. “earned settlement” plans punish and trap Black, minoritised & migrant victim-survivors of VAWG. These reforms are detrimental and cruel. They must be reversed.
Read our joint statement with @SBSisters, @EVAWuk & Hibiscus ➡️ buff.ly/akg3Yan
EVAW Coalition retweeted
Yesterday's immigration announcements on earned settlement have sent alarm bells ringing for victim-survivors of gender-based violence. We urge reversal of these punitive measures & the creation of an immigration system grounded in a human-rights framework.
Joint statement 👇🏾(1)
EVAW Coalition retweeted
Joint statement from @SBSisters, Hibiscus, @EVAWuk and Latin American Women's Rights Service on today's announcements to overhaul refugee protection in the UK
EVAW Coalition retweeted
Refugee and migrant women's rights are human rights. We stand united in condemning the changes announced to the asylum system in the UK and call on the govt to change its course immediately.
Read our joint statement with @SBSisters, @EVAWuk and Hibiscus regarding these reforms⤵️
