Met Police disbanding specialist Sapphire rape units

Met Police disbanding specialist Sapphire rape units Met Police ‘risking a new Worboys’ after secretly disbanding its sex crime unit • The Met set up the Sapphire unit after a series of failures in high-profile cases • But sex crime detectives are being reassigned to small teams in the 32 boroughs • Campaigners fear a …

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Union launches campaign against sexual harassment in hospitality

Union launches campaign against sexual harassment in hospitality Published in The Caterer THURSDAY, JANUARY 10TH 2019, 10:07 WRITTEN BY: EMMA LAKE The Bakers Food and Allied Workers Union (BFAWU) has launched a campaign against sexual harassment in the fast food and hospitality industries. The union has joined forces with Women Against Rape to launch the …

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Bakers Union launches sexual harassment campaign supported by our sisters at WAR

Bakers Union launches sexual harassment campaign supported by our sisters at WAR Bakers Food and Allied Workers Union announces launch of Sexual Harassment campaign supported by our sisters from Women Against Rape Has the #MeToo movement helped workers in the fast food and hospitality industry to speak out about sexual violence at work and win …

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London women tell UN poverty envoy about impact of welfare cuts

London women tell UN poverty envoy about impact of welfare cuts Residents of deprived Newham describe domestic abuse and hunger to Philip Alston Women in London have told the UN special rapporteur on extreme poverty they are bearing the brunt of government welfare cuts, and described how austerity has left infants homeless and exacerbated problems …

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Evidence to UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, 2018

We joined other groups in submitting evidence to the UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, ahead of his visit to the UK in November 2018. This has now been published by the UN alongside other submissions: https://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Poverty/Pages/UKVisitSubmissions.aspx – See submissions from Legal Action for Women and Single Mothers Self Defence & by …

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Survey on the compensation scheme

Survey on the compensation scheme   The criminal injuries compensation scheme for rape: An exploration of public attitudes. The scheme is closed For questions relating to this survey, please contact Olivia Smith.Olivia Smith (olivia.smith@anglia.ac.uk)

RESPONSE to the Home Affairs Committee Report on DOMESTIC ABUSE Press release Black Women’s Rape Action Project & Women Against Rape  We welcome the Committee’s recognition of many of the issues raised in the evidence we and other women’s groups submitted. But they should have gone much further, especially in the following areas: 1.      Welfare …

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Our comment on Government’s planned review of CICA rules

Our comment on Government’s planned review of CICA rules   MINISTRY OF JUSTICE ANNOUNCES REVIEW OF COMPENSATION RULES ON SEXUAL OFFENCES – a VICTORY for grassroots campaigners! “Nobody should be made to feel worthless as you do when you get a compensation refusal letter.” The announcement 9-10 September from the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) that …

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