In the media: Rape convictions – juries are not to blame, biased investigations and prosecutions are
Rape convictions: juries are not to blame, biased investigations and prosecutions are MP Anne Coffey got a lot of publicity last week when she said in Parliament that juries in rape trials should be abolished, arguing that this is the solution to the low conviction rate. Juries are not to blame for the falling conviction …
Press release: Women on hunger strike in Yarl’s Wood – ‘Release us and close this place down’
Women on hunger strike in Yarl’s Wood – “Release us and close this place down.” Over 40 women in Yarl’s Wood Immigration Removal Centre have gone on hunger strike protesting against a charter flight (Tues 27 Nov) that will take traumatised women back to Nigeria. Women from many different countries including, Bolivia, China, Ghana, Malawi, …
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 …
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 Home Affairs Committee on domestic abuse
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: We welcome …
Event: Support the fast food strikers, 4 Oct
This Thursday, 4 October, workers at McDonald’s, TGI Fridays and Wetherspoons are striking against low wages and slave working conditions: https://www.facebook.com/events/357347934806498/ In the US, the Fight for $15 campaign is taking strike action across the country in the hospitality industry. https://fightfor15.org/ BWRAP and WAR are joining actions wherever we are. Low wages, zero hour contracts and lack …
Statement: Government’s planned review of compensation rules
Our comment on Government’s planned review of CICA rules The announcement 9-10 September from the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) that there will be a review of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme as it applies to people who were sexually abused when they were children, is an important victory and augers well for future applicants. …
Event: Do No Harm, seminar 11 Sept
For a video of the event, photos and written speeches see: supportnotseparation.blog Join us tomorrow for this important seminar 6-8pm at the House of Commoms committee room 14 which will gather evidence of the harm caused by separating mothers from their children and forced adoption. WAR is on the speakers panel.
Evidence to Home Affairs Select Committee into Modern Slavery
Written evidence to the Home Affairs Select Committee enquiry into modern slavery Since 2002 BWRAP and WAR have been providing specialist services to victims seeking asylum in the UK. Research, including our own, has found that over 70% of women seeking asylum have fled rape elsewhere. We document what happened to them and the aftermath …
In the media: ‘Kicked while I’m already down’, the child sexual assault victim denied compensation over a petty crime
Kim Mitchell went to police threee times before they believed her Ms K was raped repeatedly by two adult men when she was 13. As an adult she finally found the courage to report it, identifying the men. The investigation is ongoing. One of the men is in prison for sexual offences against other children. …
The Law & Politics of Marital Rape in England 1945-1994, Adrian Williamson (2016) Women’s History Review
This article was written by Adrian Williamson, a law professor at Cambridge University. Following his research he painstakingly documents the history of the rape , and in particular how the law was changed to recognise rape in marriage as a crime following Women Against Rape’s 15-year campaign. It is a clear history of how grassroots …
Evidence to Home Affairs Committee on Domestic Violence, 5 July 2018
Evidence to Home Affairs Committee on Domestic Violence, 5 July 2018 Summary: This evidence covers five key policy areas that result in increased vulnerability to domestic violence and lack of resources to escape violent men: Family courts and domestic violence Austerity cuts and domestic violence Destitution – a recipe for domestic violence The hostile environment …
Press release: Same Roof Rule is finally defeated, overturning decades of injustice
Same Roof Rule is finally defeated, overturning decades of injustice A landmark Appeal Court ruling on 24 July 2018 has reversed decades of injustice, upholding for the first time a claimant’s right to compensation even though she lived under the same roof as her attacker at the time. The Appeal Court decided that the woman, …
Useful statistics from ONS on the characteristics of victims of domestic violence
Published ONS report 31 May 2018
Press Release: Criminal injuries compensation awards – rules designed to exclude rape victims
Press Release: Criminal injuries compensation awards – rules designed to exclude rape victims PRESS RELEASE . . . PRESS RELEASE . . . PRESS RELEASE . . . PRESS Women Against Rape says hundreds of vulnerable victims of rape and other sexual offences are denied statutory help as a result of rules designed to exclude …
