EVAW Coalition

100+ women’s rights groups warn against racist weaponisation of VAWG | 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 government has pledged to halve violence against women and girls. But this can't be done while lies about its causes are endorsed by those in positions of power.

Weaponising violence against women and girls to further a racist agenda is #NotInOurName

Top cop warns of 'distraction' from threat facing women Helen Millichap told Sky News that the "real threat" of violence against women and girls comes from a "multitude" of places, not just asylum seekers.

The racist weaponisation of survivors’ trauma is having horrifying impacts on communities across the country.

We welcome new police VAWG lead Helen Millichap's comments. The evidence shows the vast majority of perpetrators of violence against women and girls are known to the victim.

If you've been affected by sexual violence, domestic abuse or other forms of male violence, help is available 🤍

Find help here ⤵️
www.endviolenceagainstwomen.org.uk/find-help/

Changing the culture of policing means creating an environment in which victims and whistleblowers feel safe to report misconduct and abuse, and that officers who dismiss, blame or abuse those they have a duty to protect face meaningful consequences rather than the impunity they have long enjoyed.

Police officers hold a particular position of power and authority over the public.

Recent years have exposed the scale of abuse of this power to harm women and girls.

Tonight's BBC #Panorama exposes that despite some efforts to address this, there remains a long way to go.

Secret BBC filming exposes hidden culture of racism and misogyny inside Met Police Panorama undercover investigation captures evidence that

There remains a deeply rooted culture of institutional racism and misogyny within the Met, which the force has yet to properly address.

These latest revelations are appalling and just a snapshot of what is happening in forces across the country.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Five survivors of Rotherham grooming gangs say they were also raped by police officers Three former South Yorkshire police officers arrested in investigation into claims by the women, as young as 12 at the time

We need to see transformation across policing, public services and society as a whole to shift away from a culture of disbelief and victim-blaming, towards one where victims and supported and protected rather than further harmed. Survivors deserve better.

Rochdale grooming gang leader felt 'almost untouchable' Day two of a three-day sentencing hearing is told the market stallholder became brazen in his actions.

We stand in solidarity with the victim-survivors of this appalling male violence. Too many women and girls are disbelieved when they come forward to report rape and sexual abuse, and failed by the public agencies meant to protect them. This is unacceptable

The Write to End Violence Against Women Awards by the End Violence Against Women Coalition, endorsed by the National Union of Journalists

🚨 CLOSING TODAY! 🚨

🗞️ How the media reports on violence against women shapes public awareness and beliefs.

✍️ Join us in uplifting journalism that centres survivors and helps shift the attitudes that drive abuse.

🔗 Nominate an article for an award here bit.ly/3J0EEhk

Government strengthens tech regulation to tackle cyberflashing | 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 exi...

However, we know that education is vital to stopping #cyberflashing and other online forms of male violence, not least because these harmful behaviours often take place on private messaging channels.

Cyberflashing has sadly become normalised, and we hope that making it a priority offence under the Online Safety Act will increase awareness and encourage action and meaningful consequences, so that it is no longer tolerated in society.

Government strengthens tech regulation to tackle cyberflashing | 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 exi...

We welcome cyberflashing being made a priority offence in the #OnlineSafetyAct, which will require tech companies to do more to identify it.

This must translate into stronger preventative action to stop it from happening and protect women and girls online.

VAWG Takeover organisations' logos

We join @sbsisters.bsky.social @lawrsuk.bsky.social @4refugeewomen.bsky.social @rapecrisis.bsky.social @womensaid.bsky.social @refugecharity.bsky.social @respectuk.bsky.social @seacharity.bsky.social @womensbudgetgrp.bsky.social @safelives.bsky.social in calling for urgent action ➡️ bit.ly/3IkjnmN

EVAW, Women's Budget Group, School of Sexuality Education and Alex Davies-Jones MP at a Labour Party Conference event

Specialist frontline services are facing increasing uncertainty around funding while demand for their support grows.

On top of this, over a year into its term we remain unclear about the government's plans for tackling abuse as we are yet to see its new VAWG strategy.

Leaders of VAWG organisations at Labour Party Conference

This week, we're part of a #VAWGTakeover of the #LabourPartyConference, calling on the government to take a whole-society approach to ending violence against women and girls - rooted in prevention and centring the most marginalised.

📣 Proud to be part of the #Lab25 VAWG takeover 📣

➡️ This is a vital opportunity for the government to reset its approach.

🗣️ We call on the gov to listen to violence against women organisations, centre women and girls and ensure that VAWG is a political priority.

Great to join @rapecrisis.bsky.social @alexdaviesjones.bsky.social & School of Sex Education at the @womensbudgetgrp.bsky.social event on making halving VAWG a reality. If the gov is serious about committing to its pledge, it must listen to VAWG orgs and take an urgent approach rooted in prevention

Following #LabourPartyConference? Watch the #VAWGTakeover with @evawuk.bsky.social Southall Black Sisters, @lawrsuk.bsky.social @4refugeewomen.bsky.social Rape Crisis England & Wales, Women’s Aid, @refugecharity.bsky.social @respectuk.bsky.social @seacharity.bsky.social @safelives.bsky.social & us.

After our coalition event we'll be turning to how we stop online violence against women and girls with
@evawuk.bsky.social and make Big Tech meet their responsibilities.

The Write to End Violence Against Women Awards by the End Violence Against Women Coalition, endorsed by the National Union of Journalists

🚨 Just 4 days til closing! 🚨

🗞️ How the media reports on violence against women shapes public awareness and beliefs.

✍️ Join us in uplifting journalism that centres survivors and helps shift the attitudes driving abuse.

🔗 Nominate an article for an award! bit.ly/3J0EEhk

@nujofficial.bsky.social

Great piece and insight from colleagues in @refugecharity.bsky.social team supporting victims of domestic abuse, who are increasingly subjected to perpetrators' use of technology to coerce, control and harm.

Logos of the organisations involved in the VAWG Takeover

Find out more ➡️ bit.ly/3IkjnmN

Labour Party Conference schedule, 28-30 September 2025

Over a year ago the government was elected on a mission to halve VAWG, but it is yet to publish its strategy.

This is a vital opportunity to reset its approach. We call on government to listen to VAWG orgs, centre women and girls and ensure that VAWG is a political priority.

VAWG organisations call on government to meet its promises to halve violence against women

Following the #LabourPartyConference?

Keep an eye out for the #VAWGTakeover to hear how the government must put women and girls at the centre of its plans.

Domestic abuse significantly increases suicide risk. More Black & minoritised women take their own lives following abuse than are killed by a perpetrator. Yet their suicides remain largely invisible in data, policy & services.

Structural inequalities - racism, immigration restrictions, lack of specialist ‘by and for’ support - trap women in danger. Warning signs are too often minimised by agencies. Missed chances to protect mean preventable deaths.

In one case study, a woman suffered 19 years of abuse. 4 recorded overdoses. Distress dismissed as “family tensions.” Nine months after disclosing assault & suicidal thoughts, she died by suicide. ❌ Her story is a reminder: specialist services are a matter of life or death.

Imkaan continues to call for action: ⚫ Recognise suicide as a VAWG issue ⚫ Track suicides linked to abuse, incl. ethnicity data ⚫ Ensure intersectional & trauma-informed post-death investigations ⚫ Invest in specialist ‘by and for’ services

Today on #NationalDayOfRemembrance we are remembering victims of fatal domestic abuse, including those who die by suicide.

100+ women’s rights groups warn against racist weaponisation of VAWG | 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 far right have never cared about protecting women and girls from male violence. They hijack our cause as a cover for their racism, exploiting survivors’ pain as a political tool for hate.

The weaponisation of violence against women is #NotInOurName

A megaphone with text that says: The far right have never been concerned with 'protecting women and girls'. It was always a cover for their racism. We say ENOUGH! The weaponisation of violence against women is #NotInOurName

These awful acts of violence against women and girls are enabled by racist narratives that are being endorsed and legitimised by those in the highest positions of power, who claim to be concerned with 'protecting women and girls from violence' - they are not.

Solidarity witih all women and girls subjected to racist male violence. Headlines that read: Girl, 9, shot with airgun in 'racially aggravated' attack in UK; Man arrested over 'racially motivated' rape of Sikh woman in West Midlands. These sickening acts of violence are the result of racist narratives that have been endorsed and legitimised by those in the highest positions of power.

We’re devastated and outraged by the racist violence we are seeing.

We stand in solidarity with the 9 year old girl shot with an airgun in a racially aggravated attack and the Sikh woman in Oldbury who was raped by two men who told her she was ‘not welcome in this country’. 🧵

🤳 If the government is to meet its promise to halve violence against women in a decade it must:

✅ Give all young people quality relationships and sex education
✅ Sustainably fund specialist support services
✅ Hold tech companies accountable for misogyny & VAWG

➡️ 4 in 5 girls think there needs to be more discussion about consent in schools and education with boys about the impact of sexism and misogyny

➡️ 41% of young women and girls think that by tackling sexism and misogyny, their mental health would be better