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Can Labour’s new code help child victims of crime get justice?
Violence against women and girls

Can Labour’s new code help child victims of crime get justice?

At a school in east London, a Labour minister tries to get to the heart of why children can’t get the justice they need

More and more women are being released from prison into homelessness. It’s an ongoing cruelty
Fraser Maclean

More and more women are being released from prison into homelessness. It’s an ongoing cruelty

Fraser Maclean, policy manager at Commonweal Housing, writes about why women face challenges to the greatest extent after leaving prison

Ending violence against women and girls needs action, not words, campaigners say
Domestic abuse

Ending violence against women and girls needs action, not words, campaigners say

After years of unfulfilled promises, a Big Issue Changemaker says real change appears to be on the horizon

I’m a survivor of female genital mutilation. We must get serious about ending this practice
Valerie Lolomari

I’m a survivor of female genital mutilation. We must get serious about ending this practice

The government’s plan to protect domestic abuse survivors has big gaps
Sue Harper

The government’s plan to protect domestic abuse survivors has big gaps

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Young people to be taught about consent amid warnings ‘we cannot police our way out of crisis’
Violence against women and girls

Young people to be taught about consent amid warnings ‘we cannot police our way out of crisis’

I wore a burqa for a decade. The real danger to Muslim women isn’t the veil – it’s the politics
Hameeda Khan

I wore a burqa for a decade. The real danger to Muslim women isn’t the veil – it’s the politics

Judgement kills: Why we must end the stigma against women experiencing abuse
Rachael Clegg

Judgement kills: Why we must end the stigma against women experiencing abuse

The hidden homelessness crisis is fuelled by the scourge of domestic abuse
Maria Sookias

The hidden homelessness crisis is fuelled by the scourge of domestic abuse

Letters: Don’t weaponise violence against women and girls
Letters

Letters: Don’t weaponise violence against women and girls

I’m a survivor of domestic violence. Asylum hotel protests do not speak for me – or protect me
Domestic Violence

I’m a survivor of domestic violence. Asylum hotel protests do not speak for me – or protect me

Scapegoating asylum seekers is not the answer to violence against women and girls
Cat Linton

Scapegoating asylum seekers is not the answer to violence against women and girls

One year on from the riots: The real-world cost of anti-women and anti-refugee politics
Carenza Arnold

One year on from the riots: The real-world cost of anti-women and anti-refugee politics

Compulsory domestic abuse lessons for over 16s could help ‘prevent misogynistic murders’, MPs told
Domestic abuse

Compulsory domestic abuse lessons for over 16s could help ‘prevent misogynistic murders’, MPs told

These domestic abuse survivors are learning how to cycle. It helps them find freedom and hope
Cycling

These domestic abuse survivors are learning how to cycle. It helps them find freedom and hope

No women should ever be sent to prison for enduring domestic abuse
Lucy Russell

No women should ever be sent to prison for enduring domestic abuse

Women are being sent to prison in UK for self-defence or being coerced: ‘I lost everything’
Criminal justice

Women are being sent to prison in UK for self-defence or being coerced: ‘I lost everything’

Women reveal vile abuse they receive while running: ‘I have to hold keys between my fingers’
Violence against women

Women reveal vile abuse they receive while running: ‘I have to hold keys between my fingers’

‘It’s changed our life’: These modern slavery survivors are finding hope at Christmas through music
Modern slavery

‘It’s changed our life’: These modern slavery survivors are finding hope at Christmas through music

Men, it’s time to step up to help women feel safe in public spaces. Here’s how to do it
Tabitha Morton

Men, it’s time to step up to help women feel safe in public spaces. Here’s how to do it

Domestic abuse soars by 38% when England lose. This Euros, we need change
Teresa Parker

Domestic abuse soars by 38% when England lose. This Euros, we need change

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‘There was no way out’: Survivors of domestic abuse forced to stay with abusers or face destitution
Cost of living crisis

‘There was no way out’: Survivors of domestic abuse forced to stay with abusers or face destitution

Sarah Everard inquiry: Cops accused of violence against women must be suspended, government told
Social justice

Sarah Everard inquiry: Cops accused of violence against women must be suspended, government told

‘I saw my arm melting’: Acid attack survivor on hope, making change and new Rankin campaign
Violence against women

‘I saw my arm melting’: Acid attack survivor on hope, making change and new Rankin campaign

Two thirds of young women have experienced sexual harassment, bullying or verbal abuse at work
Employment

Two thirds of young women have experienced sexual harassment, bullying or verbal abuse at work