Women’s groups appalled at judgment of Court of Appeal and call for further overhaul of the law and criminal justice practice in relation to strangulation and so called “rough sex” cases.

This morning (11.11.21) the Centre for Women’s Justice (CWJ) and the campaign group We Can’t Consent to This (WCCTT) applied for permission to intervene in the sentencing appeal hearing of Sam Pybus.

CWJ are supporting the Justice for Gaia campaign and invites anyone who has been a victim or can provide useful evidence about Connor Hayes’ sexual offending to come forward.

CWJ, with the support of 21 national women’s organisations and others, have today taken the first formal step in bringing judicial review proceedings against the Home Secretary in respect of her failure to take adequate and timely steps to set up a statutory inquiry into the wider issues arising following the conviction of Metropolitan Police officer, Wayne Couzens.

The team at CWJ are shocked and angered to hear of how Azra had been violated, following her death, by David Fuller, now on trial for the murders of Wendy Knell and Caroline Pierce. The pain and the fury that all the families of his victims must be feeling, cannot be imagined.

Today (22nd October 2021) the Court of Appeal overturned a decision in the Court of Protection which many feared would imply a “human right” to buy sex.

20 key women’s organisations, working on the frontline to combat violence against women and girls, have joined to support Centre for Women's Justice's (CWJ) request to the Home Secretary that she re-consider the scope and approach of her announced public inquiry in response to the conviction of Wayne Couzens.

Centre for Women’s Justice (CWJ) have written to the Home Secretary requesting that she reconsiders the basis and scope of the inquiry she announced at the Conservative Party conference into “issues raised by the conviction of Wayne Couzens” and the “unimaginable failings in policing”.

The Home Office has today announced that an inquiry will be launched to identify systemic failures within policing across England and Wales in the wake of the murder of Sarah Everard.

As further details were released of the circumstances surrounding the murder of Sarah Everard, Centre for Women's Justice have released the following statement

In the Judgment handed down today, Mrs Justice Lang agreed that the Justice Secretary’s decision not to consult was a breach of his promise and ordered he conduct a public consultation. She orders the Justice Secretary re-consider his decision at that stage.

A woman conceived by the rape of a 13-year-old girl in 1975 – who fought tirelessly for her ‘birth father’ to be brought to justice – has today welcomed his historic conviction and sentence

After two-year wait, Government publishes highly anticipated ‘end-to-end’ review of Criminal Justice System (CJS) handling of rape cases in England and Wales

Specialist stakeholders acknowledge positive rhetoric and recognition of need for cultural shift but say plans lack urgency, detail and resourcing, and key equalities issues remain unaddressed