In the media: Met Police’s sexist culture of porn, bullying and sex jokes exposed – as ex-cops hit out
Who can we report to? 20 March 2021 Met Police’s sexist culture of porn, bullying and sex jokes exposed – as ex-cops hit out EXCLUSIVE: Former female police officers have lifted the lid on the shocking misogyny in the police including male colleagues passing around porn and making jokes about having sex with a missing …
In the media: ‘Women will live in fear until we see changes’
‘Women will live in fear until we see changes’ 18 March 2021 In the days since the 33-year-old’s remains were found in Kent last week, social media has been filled with women sharing their stories of being harassed, attacked and feeling like they have to be constantly vigilant in public spaces. Thousands have laid flowers …
In the media: Mum whose daughter’s rapist remains free says ‘nothing has changed’ 16 years on
Mum whose daughter’s rapist remains free says ‘nothing has changed’ 16 years Sally Freeman said that ‘if anything, things are worse’ for women and girls because of the low level of national convictions for rape. Mrs Freeman called for Metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick and Home Secretary Priti Patel to quit as she attacked the …
In the media: Women’s safety must be prioritised – right now, it’s not
Women’s safety must be prioritised – right now, it’s not Women Against Rape, protesting in Parliament Square – Credit: Women Against Rape It was inevitably crowded in front of Scotland Yard on Mother’s Day as hundreds of women and men gathered to express their distress at the murder of Sarah Everard, and our outrage at …
In the media: Police response to women’s outcry at Sarah Everard’s murder discredits Bill to increase police powers
Police response to women’s outcry at Sarah Everard’s murder discredits Bill to increase police powers We are shocked but not surprised at the police response to women’s distress and fury at the murder of Sarah Everard. When thousands of women took to social media, Met chief Cressida Dick said not to worry because such murders …
Press release: Domestic Abuse Bill – Lords reject parental alienation and discuss Presumption of Contact
Press release: Domestic Abuse Bill – Lords reject ‘parental alienation’ and discuss ‘presumption of contact’ Support Not Separation and Women Against Rape, 10 March 2021 Victory against ‘parental alienation’ In a victory for women and children survivors of domestic abuse, the House of Lords has refused to amend the definition of domestic abuse to include …
Statement: Domestic Abuse Bill – Father urges men to speak out vs misogynist men
Domestic Abuse Bill: Father urges men to speak out against mysoginist men As the Domestic Abuse Bill is being debated in Parliament, men have a responsibility to confront violent men and their male supremacist organisations which poison relationships between women and men, and with children, and put lives at risk. We must take our lead …
Statement: Victory against parental alienation
Victory against “parental alienation” Yesterday (8 March) we were lobbying Lords to OPPOSE an amendment which would have included in the definition of domestic abuse ‘behaviour deliberately designed to damage the relationship between a child of the parent and the other parent’. This would open the way for violent fathers to allege ‘parental alienation’ or …
Press Release: Destitute mother and children win housing at last!
PRESS RELEASE: Destitute mother and children win housing at last! A mother with two children, who was evicted by Lewisham Council five weeks ago, at the height of the second wave of the pandemic and in freezing weather, has won a fight to claim asylum and be granted housing and assistance. Marian Okeibunor is a survivor of …
Evidence to government Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy
Evidence to government Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy 19 February 2021 Women Against Rape is a multi-racial self-help organisation of survivors and supporters, based in London with a national network throughout the UK. Since 1976 WAR has provided support, advocacy and information to women and girls suffering rape or other sexual or domestic violence. …
Update: Mum & her children still homeless
UPDATE: Mum & her Children Still Homeless Marian Okeibunor is a rape survivor and mother of two young children. On 14 January 2020 she and her children were evicted by Lewisham Council and are now homeless and destitute. Ms Okeibunor is a member of the All African Women’s Group (AAWG) and is being supported by …
Guardian letter – unpublished
Letter to the Guardian (unpublished) 16 February 2021 To: guardian.letters@theguardian.com Dear Editor, Sarah Crew, police lead for rape in England and Wales, blames the “decriminalisation” of rape on the “huge progress and expertise . . . lost when specialist teams investigating rape were disbanded during years of austerity.” (Guardian 15 Feb) Anticipating disaster, we asked …
Statement: Release organiser Nodeep Kaur – sign petition
Release organiser Nodeep Kaur – sign petition Petition: Release Dalit Trade Union Activist Nodeep Kaur On 12 January, organiser and factory worker, Ms Kaur, with other Kundli Industrial Area factory workers, was participating in the farmers’ protest near the Singhu border when she was snatched by police. Ms Kaur speaks powerfully on how factory workers and agricultural …
Please fill in government questionnaire on violence
Government questionnaire on violence Dear friends The Home Office did a consultation to update its Violence Against Women and Girls strategy. It includes a public questionnaire, deadline 19 February. WAR will respond to the consultation raising the following issues in the sections where people are asked for ‘other comments’. We urge you to write in …
Update: Mum & children made homeless
29/01/21 – UPDATE: MUM & HER CHILDREN STILL HOMELESS Marian Okeibunor is a rape survivor and mother of two young children. Until last week she was housed by social services in Lewisham. She and her family were cruelly evicted and are now homeless and destitute. Ms Okeibunor’s lawyer wrote to the Home Office on Wednesday …
