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RAPE PROSECUTIONS: New report finds system collapse and calls for political intervention on juries, police and prosecutors

November 30, 2020 Nic Mainwood
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This new 80-page report refers to ongoing legal action against the CPS for failings and sets out overwhelming evidence that rape cases are being dropped when they should not be.

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New report! - Access to justice for women and girls during Covid-19 pandemic

August 14, 2020 Nic Mainwood
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Quality of police investigations, remote hearings, child contact proceedings, jury trial uncertainty, racism in justice systems – all impacting women’s safety and access to justice

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Victims' Commissioner calls for "drastic overhaul to the way rape victims are treated" in latest report

July 31, 2019 Guest User

The London Rape Review, conducted by MOPAC and the University of West London is now published. The report looks at 501 allegations of rape reported in London in April 2016, providing the clearest picture to date of reported rape in the capital and the reasons why so few cases result in conviction.

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CWJ Launch Super-complaint: Police failure to use protective measures in cases involving violence against women and girls

March 20, 2019 Nic Mainwood
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This super-complaint addresses four legal powers available to the police in detail and explores the extent to which, and the reasons why, they are not being used adequately.

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3rd Femicide Census report published

December 18, 2018 Nic Mainwood
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The 2017 Femicide Census findings

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Major new survey: many people still unclear what rape is

December 6, 2018 Nic Mainwood
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The End Violence Against Women Coalition commissioned the YouGov survey of around 4,000 people across Great Britain in order to examine why rape, a very common and extremely harmful crime, is still so difficult to tackle at a time when reports to police are increasing exponentially

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New resource: Victims’ Rights in the Parole Process

October 23, 2018 Nic Mainwood
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A new guide outlining victims’ rights

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CPS Violence Against Women and Girls Report 2017-18

September 27, 2018 Nic Mainwood
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The Eleventh edition of the Crown Prosecution Service Report

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Victims Strategy →

September 10, 2018 Nic Mainwood
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This cross-government Victims Strategy sets out a criminal justice system wide response to improving the support offered to victims of crime and incorporates actions from all criminal justice agencies, including the police, CPS and courts.

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Women in Crisis: How women and girls are being failed by the Mental Health Act.

August 15, 2018 Nic Mainwood
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New report by Agenda looking at how the Mental Health Act can be detrimental to women.

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#YouToo: The Sexual Harassment in the Workplace Report of the House of Commons Women and Equalities Committee – Karon Monaghan

August 7, 2018 Nic Mainwood
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Report into sexual harassment in the workplace published 25th July 2018 (“Sexual Harassment in the Workplace” Report of the House of Commons Women and Equalities Committee (2018) HC 725.)

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STOP (Sex Trafficking Korea) - Best Practices of Anti-Prostitution Organizations

August 1, 2018 Nic Mainwood
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2018 Contribution Paper from Harriet Wistrich

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MOJ launches Female Offender Strategy - our statement

June 27, 2018 Nic Mainwood
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The Ministry of Justice has today published is long awaited Female Offender Strategy. Here is our statement on the strategy.

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The Femicide Census has been published

December 11, 2017 Nic Mainwood

The latest Femicide Census report, published in December 2017, reveals that 113 women were killed by men in England, Wales and Northern Ireland in 2016

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We are still here - the continued detention of women seeking asylum in Yarl's Wood

November 9, 2017 Nic Mainwood

New report on the detention of survivors of sexual and gender-based violence

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Violence against women and girls: Protecting women’s human rights and holding the state to account

November 9, 2017 Nic Mainwood

his report has been commissioned by the End Violence Against Women Coalition (EVAW) and Southall Black Sisters (SBS) to highlight the role of human rights in tackling the day to day operational police failures that women and girls continue to experience when reporting gender-based violence.

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Living in fear - the police and CPS response to harassment and stalking

August 2, 2017 Nic Mainwood

Inspection report into the police and the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS)’s response to harassment and stalking crimes.

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"I'm no criminal"

June 11, 2017 Nic Mainwood

The launch of a Nia's report examining the impact of prostitution-specific criminal records on women  seeking to exit prostitution. Full report here.

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