EVAW Coalition

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We’re a coalition of women’s support services, researchers, activists, survivors and NGOs campaigning to end all forms of violence against women and girls.

Placards that say 'stop image-based abuse!' Women shouting into megaphones
Jodie delivering her 73k-strong petition to No 10 Downing Street
Non-consensual sexually explicit deepfakes are a form of image-based sexual abuse. While the Grok scandal dominated the headlines, the issue is much bigger than one platform alone.
Stop image-based abuse
Image of a woman with the words 'rape justice now' above her head and 'no one asked what he was wearing' written on her clothes
Campaign win! Following the success of our #KeepCounsellingConfidential campaign, from today police officers will no longer be able to routinely access survivors’ therapy notes.
One year ago today, the government announced it would make deepfake abuse an offence. But this has still not in been brought into force.
End Violence Against Women
Does it pass the test? 5 key tests for the violence against women and girls strategy
Young people to receive relationships and sex education relevant to the digital age
Investigation ongoing: A super-complaint regarding excessively lengthy police investigations into sexual offences.
What else will we be looking for? We can’t police our way out of violence against women and girls, especially given the vast majority of victims don’t report what has happened to them. We need measures that will address the root cause of this epidemic: gender inequality and the attitudes and behaviours it creates.
Police squads made up of covert investigators will target online abusers
Domestic Abuse Protection Orders will be expanded to other forms of violence against women
Clare's Law - the Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme - will be expanded to other forms of violence against women.
Every police force in England and Wales will have specialist rape and sexual offence investigators by 2029
Newspaper headlines with text: what do this weekend's announcements mean for women and girls?
Excerpt of text from the joint letter
Logos of the organisations supporting the British Institute of Human Rights letter
The Write to End Violence Against Women Awards
Wooden Spoon: Weaponisation of violence against women and girls to fuel racism and harm migrants
Special recognition: campaign of the year. Metro: This is not right campaign
Best blog and self-published: Jackson Katz. Netflix's Adolescence Ten Teachable Takeaways
Best opinion and comment: Jamila Pereira, Black Ballad. How to date when you don't trust men
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
Best feature: Sonia Sarkar, Migrant Women Press. FGM in the UK: A common sexual assault on migrant women
Best News Piece: Alexandra Topping and Jessica Murray, The Guardian. More than 170 mothers killed by their sons in 15 years
The Write to End Violence Against Women Awards: Winners
Illustration of a woman lying on her bed looking at her phone
Illustration of a woman on the sofa with her laptop
Illustration of three women looking into their phones
Illustration of three women protesting against online abuse
Image of a woman with her head in her hands and the text "I sometimes feel like I've been forgotten, that I'm just another statistic for the system. Abbie, survivor of sexual violence. www.rapecrisis.org.uk
Arrow pointing to the text: refugee rights are women's rights
The Write to End Violence Against Women Awards
Sierra Kamara (Griotgal), She Was only 15: When Misogynoir Wears a Uniform David Challen, The Hijacking of Women’s Safety Jackson Katz, Netflix's Adolescence: Ten ‘Teachable’ Takeaways Seyi Akiwowo, When the Algorithm Meets Feminism: Bonnie Blue, Outrage Machines and the Cost of Visibility
Kate Maltby, Gisèle Pélicot's refusal to be shamed changes everything Thaira Mhearban, Survivors of strangulation are being let down when they turn on their TVs Mischa Anouk Smith, A harrowing new report reveals rape culture is poisoning British Primary Schools Sara Macauley, Let's call the Ballymena riots what they really are: toxic men using women's pain as an excuse to be violent Emma Pickering, How tech became the new frontier of domestic violence against women and girls Jamila Pereira, How to date when you don’t trust men
Sian Norris, The Silicon Valley-style start-up targeting rape survivors at UK universities Hannah Summers and Louise Tickle, Psychologist’s ‘alarming’ views on domestic abuse throw spotlight on family court experts Lydia Morrish, Why are ‘deepfake porn’ tutorials still showing up in search engines? Cahal Milmo and Mark Wilding, Rape victims could have health data and sexual history trawled by police AI tool
Sonia Sarkar, FGM In The UK: A Common Sexual Assault On Migrant Women Alannah Francis, My daughter, 15, was murdered by her ex. It must be called domestic abuse Shanti Das, ‘Would love to see her faked’: the dark world of sexual deepfakes – and the women fighting back Alia Waheed, For Muslim women, images of us without our hijabs can be as damaging as nude photos Anna Moore, ‘There is no safe way to do it’: the rapid rise and horrifying risks of choking during sex Sharan Dhaliwal, Too many crimes against women of colour are being ignored Lucy Morgan, Bonnie Blue, Channel 4 and the problem with commodifying sexual violence
Nic Murray and Rajeev Syal, Two in five arrested for last summer’s UK riots had Shehnaz Khan, My abusive husband tried to kill me multiple times Ben Quinn, UK police to charge more abusers with manslaughter Hannah Al-Othman, Survivors of coercive control are being criminalised Alexandra Topping and Jessica Murray, More than 170 mothers killed by their sons in 15 years
The Write to End Violence Against Women Awards: Shortlisted articles
Almost 300 UK organisations call on our government and politicians to defend our human rights
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 and girls is not in our name
We are horrified by yet another report of racially motivated rape in the UK. Headline that reads: man charged with racially aggravated rape in Walsall. Black and minoritised women and girls are paying the price of racist far-right narratives legitimised by those in positions of power. End Violence Against Women
Panellists from our 'preventing online VAWG' panel
Black feminist approaches to prevention panellists
Youth panellists
Attendees of EVAW's 2025 prevention conference
Photo of Claire Throssell with text that says: After a decade-long campaign, the UK government has repealed the legal presumption of parental contct! What does that mean? Arrow to next slide
The Write to End Violence Against Women Awards by the End Violence Against Women Coalition, endorsed by the National Union of Journalists
VAWG Takeover organisations' logos
EVAW, Women's Budget Group, School of Sexuality Education and Alex Davies-Jones MP at a Labour Party Conference event
Leaders of VAWG organisations at Labour Party Conference