Why?
I am sick of reading about the 'poor' men that shot her dead/died after murdering her/had sex with a vulnerable girl they shouldn't have. Who is the fricking victim here?! If you murder, rape and abuse...
View ArticleAppearance before a Select Committee – we need your help!
We are delighted to announce that one of our team, Jo Costello, has been invited to present oral evidence to the Joint Committee on Human Rights and Violence Against Women and Girls on Wednesday...
View ArticleFestive Safety Campaign *Competition*
The festive season is almost upon us and very shortly, local police forces will be publicising their 'Festive Safety' campaigns. Here at EVB we have been consistently disappointed with many of the...
View ArticleFGM and Medical Ethics
Over the weekend, we had a very concerning conversation about FGM with a GP whose twitter bio is: East London GP, NIHR research fellow - medical education, ethics and professional behaviour. Patient...
View ArticleFormer Lidl Manager who beheaded his wife after ‘snapping like a stick’ is...
'His wife' was called Tahira Ahmed and in a report earlier today, ITV.com (among many others) appears to imply that the genetic and disabling condition that Tahira had to contend with called Morquio's...
View ArticleHelping the Telegraph with some domestic abuse stats
(Cross-posted with permission from Safe Lives) When I tell my friends that I work for SafeLives, their reaction is often one of surprise. They don’t go so far as to say “But you’re a man” or “Isn’t...
View ArticleWomen’s Rights as Human Rights
We storified our tweets from the Scottish Women's Aid conference on women's rights as human rights was attended by Rashida Manjoo (United Nations Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women), Kaliani...
View ArticleThe Sun’s Campaign to Save Refuges
We are conflicted about this campaign from The Sun. Raising greater awareness of domestic violence is absolutely essential. Far too many people believe that domestic violence is something that happens...
View ArticleGender is all too relevant in violence statistics
We fully endorse this open letter to Alison Saunders of the Crown Prosecution Services. Violence against women and girls is one of the biggest human rights abuses globally. Far too often this reality...
View Articlebullying and being blamed by the bullies
why does it seem ok for bullies to bully you and turn everything back to you for their behaviour. In a domestic violence situation your bullied in all of the situations with the person. Whether it's...
View ArticleDomestic abuse could not be further from gender neutral. Wake up Britain
This article was written by Polly Neate, CEO of Women's Aid, and published on 11.5.15. The Office of National Statistics (ONS) has just been told, in no uncertain terms, that the way it measures...
View ArticleDomestic violence: Women must not be considered ‘at risk’. Here’s why
This article written by Polly Neate, CEO of Women's Aid, was originally published in the Telegraph on 17.01.15 Police forces in Britain are not listening to victims and failing to follow basic...
View ArticleTHE CONDUCIVE CONTEXT OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLS by @ProfLizKelly
As a sociologist the contexts in which events take place have always been a touchstone in my thinking. With respect to violence against women and girls one of the earliest insights from feminist...
View Article“Why doesn’t she just leave?” 5 subtle ways women are blamed for experiencing...
This article is cross-posted with permission from writer Woman as Subject. Having worked with survivors of domestic abuse for many years, I am still shocked at the way in which society continues to...
View ArticleThere is an epidemic of missing women and girls of colour in the UK
As a child, I watched family members laid to rest with nothing but a sheet of white cloth around their bodies. We go to the earth as we come from it — naked and equal. Only, the imposed hierarchy from...
View ArticleThe #VAWGhustings for London Mayor
EVAW & Imkaan jointly hosted a hustings on VAWG We've included multiple tweets on same statement by political representatives to reflect thoughts of service providers, individuals, campaigners,...
View ArticleThe murder of Jo Cox
Jo Cox, the Laboour MP for Batley and Spen, is the 57th woman to be murdered in the UK in 2016 by a male perpetrator. Whilst the police have yet to confirm the name of the perpetrator, named as Thomas...
View ArticleMass murderers have one thing in common – and it’s not a ‘women’s problem’ by...
Terror, it seems, often starts at home. Whether they are self-proclaimed jihadists or men with a grievance, a pattern is emerging among the mass killers whose murderous rages have claimed so many...
View ArticleThe myths our legal system buys into about perpetrators of domestic violence...
One of the most persistent and dangerous myths of domestic violence is that the perpetrators are good men who made ONE bad choice because their wife pushed them too far. It's a neat little way of...
View ArticleHousing benefit cap may force 67% of women’s refuges to close by Damien Gayle
Two-thirds of women’s refuges in England are facing closure due to a change in the way housing benefit is paid to supported and sheltered housing, according to the national domestic abuse charity...
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