NEW REPORT FROM TRANSFORMING TOGETHER: ‘Meeting the unmet need for women: A networked model for shifting power and changing systems in the North East’ Read more: www.agendaalliance.org/documents/20...

#Imkaan have shared the following devasting statement regarding the impact of the far-right's extremist targeting of VAWG services and their staff. There must be urgent measures taken to protect by and for services and the women and girls they support: www.imkaan.org.uk/imkaan-state...

Proud to also be a signatory to this letter. The government must urgently tackle the poverty crisis in the UK to prevent more women being driven into sex work by poverty and financial need.

Are you passionate about uplifting marginalised experiences and making change for women and girls? We are now recruiting for a communications co-ordinator to join our team. Deadline to apply: 9am, 13 October Find more details on our website: www.agendaalliance.org/careers/comm...

Our statement in solidarity with our Muslim, migrant, Black, brown and minoritised colleagues and friends, in the wake of the far-right's mobilisation in London this weekend. Please read: www.agendaalliance.org/news/agendaa...

The Women’s Justice Reimagined partnership has launched a briefing setting out the urgent steps the Women's Justice Board must take to address racial disproportionality in the criminal justice system. Read more: www.agendaalliance.org/news/wjr-rac...

Agenda Alliance is delighted to announce the appointment of four new members onto our Board of Trustees: Tina Ajuonuma, Anne Kazimirski, Mariam Radi, and Tanja Salem. Find out more about them on our website: www.agendaalliance.org/news/four-ne...

The Ministry of Justice UK’s Sentencing Bill has been published. The Bill offers a vital opportunity to reform sentencing, and work to reduce the reasons women and girls offend. Read our initial response here: www.agendaalliance.org/news/agendaa...

We're proud to share our first impact report, marking a decade of Agenda Alliance striving to make a difference for women & girls at the sharpest end of inequality. Find out how we've pushed the overlooked and underrepresented needs of women and girls onto the political agenda: tinyurl.com/mhe6bw9n

It is deeply distressing to read the news that two women have died so recently at HMP Bronzefield. The loss of these lives only serves as a painful reminder of how serious the consequences of women's unmet needs in custody can be. Our thoughts are with all who loved them. tinyurl.com/2ewj3bku

We're dismayed by the government's plans to expand the numbers of people facing deportation immediately after conviction. Read our Women's Justice Reimagined partner Hibiscus' statement to understand why this could seriously harm women & girls 👇 hibiscusinitiatives.org.uk/blog/stateme...

After seven meaningful years at Agenda Alliance, our Deputy CEO, Jess Southgate, is moving on to a new role at the Youth Endowment Fund. We are now recruiting for a Head of Influencing and Impact here at Agenda; find more details at the close of Jess' blog: www.agendaalliance.org/news/jess-so...

"We expect to see a clear, targeted, approach for young women included in the upcoming Women's Justice Board’s strategy, to make sure they can remain in their communities, supported by well-funded specialist services designed to meet their specific needs." www.agendaalliance.org/news/agendaa...

Great to see coverage of this issue in the @the-independent.com today. We're calling for the Department of Education to launch a specific inquiry into the needs of girls missing from education, either through official or unofficial exclusions. www.independent.co.uk/news/educati...

📢 Our analysis has found a shocking 257% increase across the last 6 years of the number of girls marked as severely absent from school. We're calling for better pathways of support for girls with unmet needs, to make sure girls in all regions can stay in school. Read more: tinyurl.com/mpnautth

New data from DfE shows girls' exclusions have increased by 10% on last year - we're really concerned by the impact near-record levels of suspensions and exclusions will have on girls and their life chances. Read our statement: www.agendaalliance.org/news/agendaa...

This week, Wes Streeting announced an investigation into NHS maternity services. From the outset, this investigation must centre the lived experiences of Black women, who are three times more likely to die during childbirth than white women, and experience higher rates of maternity complications.

Our response to this afternoon's Spending Review: www.agendaalliance.org/news/agendaa...

Thanks @isabellamcrae.bsky.social and @bigissue.com for having us to speak on the Q&A panel for this gut-wrenching new film. We shared insight from our briefing, We Need Support, which highlighted the challenges women face navigating child removal. www.bigissue.com/culture/film...

Great to speak about our work on child removal for a Q&A panel last night after special preview screening of 'Lollipop', alongside director Daisy-May Hudson and Karina Graham from Pause. The film is gutwrenching and powerful - in cinemas from June 13! www.metfilmstudio.com/distribution...

"These recommendations... represent a fundamental shift in how we choose to respond to women who encounter the justice system. We can choose to keep failing them—or we can choose to act on the opportunity for better justice. Let’s not let it slip away." www.bigissue.com/opinion/sent...

The Independent Sentencing Review's findings, and any implementation by government, offer a significant opportunity to limit the harms caused by the criminal justice system to women at the sharpest edge of inequality. Read our response: www.agendaalliance.org/news/agendaa...

Women's services continue to be underfunded - report out today from @womensbudgetgrp.bsky.social shows 77% of women’s orgs don’t have the funding to deliver the Women’s Centre Model in 2025-26. The Women’s Centre Model works. But without urgent action, the services women rely on are at risk.

MEMBER SPOTLIGHT: We spoke to Brooklynn, a member of @birthcompanions.bsky.social Lived Experience Team, and Helen, Senior Coordinator on their Izzy Project, to hear more about the support they offer women navigating the removal of their newborn children.

We're proud to have co-signed this letter from Woman's Trust to Ministers this #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek, urging both Yvette Cooper and Wes Streeting to address the impact of trauma on the mental health of survivors in upcoming government strategies. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

📢 The Pilgrim Trust's Young Women in Mind grant programme opens on 12 May 2025. Applications are invited from North East England and Yorkshire & the Humber. Find out more here: www.thepilgrimtrust.org.uk/young-womens...

Really concerning, but not surprising, to read that 1 in 8 teachers are aware of a pupil at their school having perpetrated sexual violence against another pupil within the last term. We agree that schools need much more support and resource to tackle VAWG through RSHE. www.itv.com/news/2025-04...

We echo this collective call for the Lord Chancellor to reconsider the impact her new bill may have on the government's own goal of a fair and unbiased justice system. www.theguardian.com/law/2025/apr...

"I’m no longer a victim - I’m a survivor and I’ll continue to tell my story in the hope it helps others." A member of our Women's Advisory Network has shared her experience of stalking, to show how criminal justice agencies are failing victims & survivors. www.agendaalliance.org/news/agendaa...

We are deeply concerned about the impact these plans will have on minoritised and migratised women, who are often criminalised through the use of hostile migration policies. This policy will do little but fan the flames of division and racism within our communities. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Please share 🥰 📣Clean Break have extended their national tour of Scenes from Lost Mothers! 📣 You now have until the end of July to book a performance for your educational institution, workplace, training, seminar or conference. Find out more: www.cleanbreak.org.uk/productions/...

🚨 The Government is recording an average of ten assaults a day on people seeking safety who are in its care. This is horrifying, yet unsurprising. From sexual harassment to assaults and hate crimes. This is a safeguarding crisis. www.theguardian.com/politics/202... 1/3

This morning's ruling at the Scottish Supreme Court is a frightening outcome for the trans community and their loved ones. Women’s rights and trans rights should not be placed in opposition: our struggles for safety are overlapping and interlinked.

It's good to see MPs reach this conclusion, and state policing was responsive to the context of the rioters' violence. tinyurl.com/4ustb9w5

Migrant victims of domestic abuse are being failed by UKVI's approach to counter-allegations. VAWG organisations call for reform. Read our joint briefing 👇 www.rightsofwomen.org.uk/vawg-organis... #CoerciveControl

We hosted a roundtable today focusing on girls' exclusion from school. It was excellent to have so many brilliant partners and experts join us, offering rich insight into the challenges girls face. We're so excited to be deepening this strand of our work - find out more: tinyurl.com/mrxp8zfb

As we approach Mother's Day this weekend, it's so important to remember the women struggling through this day after baby loss or child removal. Here are some messages of support from women we've worked with, who have experienced their children being removed: www.agendaalliance.org/news/mothers...

It was great to join Level Up and @cleanbrk.bsky.social this morning at the annual No Births Behind Bars protest outside the MoJ! We are closer than ever before to putting an end to imprisoning pregnant women, whether sentenced or remanded - it's in the guidelines, now let's make it a statute. ✊

We must see this Government invest in social security and public services, rather than making those at the sharpest end of inequality suffer the most for our unstable economic outlook. Our response to today's Budget announcement: www.agendaalliance.org/news/agendaa...

It’s Spring Statement Day! Only a few hours until Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, will reveal the Government's plans for taxation and spending in the #SpringStatement Follow us as we comment live on what the announcements will mean for women.

Disabled women are nearly twice as likely to experience economic abuse - we, alongside many of our sister organisations, have written to the Chancellor, warning her cuts to Pip will remove a 'vital lifeline' for victims. Thanks to Women's Budget Group for co-ordinating. tinyurl.com/yhak9te8

In 2023, our report 'Underexamined and Underreported' found that woman who had experienced intimate partner violence were 3x more likely to have attemped suicide within the previous year. It's good to see increasing recognition of these links from the police. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

The proposed cuts to Pips unveiled yesterday are a deeply concerning attack on disabled people, many of whom are women Agenda Alliance exists to campaign for. Pushing people, many of whom are disabled as a result of poverty, into further hardship is not the answer. 🧵 tinyurl.com/y7zcbwkx

🚨Launched today! Our report, #ADecadeOfHarm, uncovers: ❌Shocking new findings about the impact of immigration detention on women seeking safety, ❌and the extremely concerning gaps between Home Office policy and practice. Find out more👇 www.refugeewomen.co.uk/decade-of-ha... 1/🧵

A new report from CQC has revealed adult crisis mental health referrals have doubled in a year. It also states black people are 3.5 times more likely to be detained under the Mental Health Act. tinyurl.com/2vpwujxm

Thrilled to have launched our new film! Women at the sharpest edge of inequality are being overlooked, yet they hold the key to what needs to change. Listen to their voices, recognise their expertise: together we can build the trauma-informed services women really need. @rosafunduk.bsky.social

We fully support the NWJC’s statement below regarding Robert Jenrick and Shabana Mahmood’s responses to new guidelines from the Sentencing Council. wearenwjc.org.uk/sentencingco...

A new independent review, published today, into the care and placement of girls in youth custody, has led to the immediate announcement the government will no longer place girls in Youth Offender Institutions. Read our full response: www.agendaalliance.org/news/agendaa...

Are you a researcher who wants to shine a light on the challenges women and girls at the sharpest edge of inequality are facing? Love working with experts by experience, and know how to design trauma-informed projects that center their voices? Apply here: www.agendaalliance.org/careers/rese...

We welcome the Independent Sentencing Review's initial findings and its recognition of the unmet needs of women in custody, the need for a gender-responsive approach to sentencing, and increased use of community-based alternatives. Read our full response: www.agendaalliance.org/news/agendaa...