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International Women’s Day 2026: Families Demand Action on Violence Against Women And Girls – “We Were Here. Where Were You?”
In honour of International Women’s Day, the Killed Women network stood with bereaved families on 12th March as Parliament heard the names of women whose lives have been lost. We express our sincere thanks to Jess Phillips, Minister for Safeguarding and Violence Against Women and Girls, for reading the names of women who have lost their lives over the past year and for continuing this powerful annual tradition. Killed Women also thank the vital work of Counting Dead Women, who provide the list of names read out each year.
But we say that remembrance must also lead to action.
Killed Women call for urgent reform across CPS, policing, domestic homicide reviews and justice in sentencing in order to address the continuing national crisis of violence against women and girls, and to ensure that warning signs are acted upon before more lives are lost.
Layla Coe, CEO of Killed Women: “We thank Jess Phillips for continuing the tradition of reading the names each year. This International Women’s Day we stand with families who say: ‘We Were Here. Where Were You?’ We urge those in power to implement the recommendations in our research report Invisible Women Made Visible (killedwomen.org/invisible-women) and deliver the systemic change needed to end violence against women and girls. Recognition and remembrance must now lead to reform and accountability.”
KW's full statement can be read here: docs.google.com/document/d/1q-…
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