EVAW Coalition

The government has pledged to halve violence against women and girls. But this cannot be done while lies about its causes are endorsed by those in positions of power. The facts about VAWG in the UK are stark. Weaponising violence to further a racist agenda is #NotInOurName

This week, UK ministers are discussing limits to human rights protections. BIHR has gathered civil society organisations across the UK to share our message: 👉 Human Rights are universal, not political leverage. 🔗 Watch & share our joint video: buff.ly/ldiKQ6j

📺 Our Interim Director, Janaya Walker, talked to @GMB about the positive impact of new government requirements on tech platforms to address image-based abuse ⤵️

We now need to see government go a step further and implement a mandatory code of practice on violence against women and girls that requires platforms to take proactive action to prevent abuse. Read our full statement⤵️ endviolenceagainstwomen.org.uk/campaign-win-t…

This win is the result of tireless campaigning by survivors of image-based abuse including @JodieCampaigns and campaigners including survivor-led campaign group @NotYourPorn, @EVAWuk, @SWGfL_Official, Professor @McGlynnClare and @GlamourMagUK 💛

🚨 CAMPAIGN WIN! 🚨 Government will now require tech platforms to take down intimate images shared without consent within 48 hours. This welcome move to protect women and girls rightly places the responsibility on tech companies to stop abuse rather than profiting from it.

Today, we stood with Jodie to deliver a 73k-strong petition to No 10 calling for more action. Today is a start, but it is not 'job done'. Help us keep up the momentum to #StopImageBasedAbuse Read more ⤵️ endviolenceagainstwomen.org.uk/survivors-and-…

We need to prevent abuse rather than waiting until harm is done. This means: ✅ Proper regulation of the tech companies that promote and profit from abuse ✅ Education fit for our lives in the digital age ✅ Funding for specialist services that advocate for and support survivors

Today, following months of campaigning by survivor @JodieCampaigns, @EVAWuk, @NotYourPorn, @McGlynnClare and @GlamourMagUK, a new law comes into force criminalising deepfake abuse. This is a welcome and long-overdue step for survivors, but criminalisation alone is not enough.

If you are a survivor who has been affected by recent reporting, help is available. Contact Rape Crisis England & Wales for support ➡️ 247sexualabusesupport.org.uk

So when we ask why women don't report rape and abuse, these are the types of systems and structures that victims are up against. We know it doesn’t have to be this way, and will continue to campaign for rape justice and an end to all forms of violence against women and girls.

Solidarity with survivors and everyone feeling the weight of the appalling and distressing details in the ‘Epstein files’ being reported in the media.

Killed Women were at the Houses of Parliament today, in support of Make It Mandatory and @EVAWuk End Violence Against Women, as they - along with Baroness Nicky Morgan - delivered a letter to the Department for Education calling for Relationships & Sex Education to be made mandatory for all 16-18 year olds. In the afternoon we briefed Peers in the House of Lords about why this is so important, with the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill going through Parliament.

We expect the government to do more to ensure tech platforms can't profit from online abuse. To prevent future harms and guarantee that victims have meaningful routes to redress will mean building on the Online Safety Act to ensure it is fit for purpose.

But it can’t stop here - given the evolving nature of AI-generated harms, tech platforms must be required to take proactive preventative action. Ofcom’s VAWG guidance for tech platforms must be made a mandatory code of practice with consequences for non-compliance.

While these features should never have been available to abuse, this win shows how survivors, campaigners and a show of strength from governments can force tech platforms to take action. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

From today, police can no longer routinely access victims' therapy notes. This is a vital win for survivors. Counselling is a space to heal, not evidence to be trawled. No survivor should have to choose between seeking justice and getting the support they need.

Today it was announced that Ofcom will investigate Grok for nudifying women’s images. This could set an important precedent for women and girls, all eyes are on Ofcom to take action and act as a deterrent for platforms that turn a blind eye to the abuse they profit from.

🚨CAMPAIGN WIN🚨 Banning the creation of non-consensual intimate images will be brought into force this week and will be made a priority offence in the online safety act. Deepfake abuse is a violation of our human rights and billion-dollar tech companies must be held accountable.