As 2025 comes to an end, we’re looking back on the many incredible things we’ve achieved together this year, despite huge challenges. Thank you for standing with us, speaking out and taking action to end violence against women and girls. We couldn’t do any of this without you!💥

📣 EVAW's Director to be next London Victims' Commissioner Andrea Simon, who has led our Coalition since 2021, has been appointed the next Victims Commissioner for London and will officially take up her post on 1st March 2026.

Politicians should be educating the public on the reality that most violence against women and girls is perpetrated by someone known to the victim. Political rhetoric that weaponises violence against women to harm migrants is #NotInOurName

🚨 After a week of announcements, the government's long-awaited VAWG strategy has finally been published. While there is much to welcome: a focus on prevention, the most cross-governmental approach seen yet, funding weaved into the strategy - there are some disappointments. 🧵

🚨 The government has today announced measures to strengthen relationships and sex education and better protect young people from misogyny and abuse. We welcome this focus on preventing violence against women and girls in today's long awaited VAWG strategy 🧵

Solidarity with @rapecrisis.bsky.social, Cambridge Rape Crisis Centre, Centre for Women’s Justice and @bindmans.com bringing this timely and important super-complaint as rape survivors face unprecedented and often multiple-year delays to their cases rapecrisis.org.uk/get-involved...

📣 This weekend, a series of announcements were made about the government’s plans to tackle violence against women and girls. But will they make a difference? Here's what we know so far 🧵

❤️‍🔥 What a night celebrating journalists and writers showing excellence in reporting on violence against women! 💫 Huge thanks to our judges Rosemary Douce @ipso.co.uk, Yvonne Roberts, @melissasigodo.bsky.social, Anita Rani and Jackie Long, and congratulations to our winners and shortlisted writers!

This #HumanRightsDay we’re part of 180+ organisations across the UK calling out recent rhetoric from government and demand better from the PM. We want leadership that strengthens rights, not weakens them – because dignity, fairness, and accountability matter. #16Days

Yesterday Part 2 of the Angiolini Inquiry was published, examining how a serving police officer was able to abduct, rape and murder a woman, and what ongoing risk remains. 🧵

🚨CAMPAIGN WIN 🚨 Today the Government has announced they’ll restrict the use of victim’s ‘bad character’ evidence in rape cases.

Congratulations to the team at @metro.co.uk, winners of our Campaign of the Year award for ‘This Is Not Right’ campaign, which saw over 350 articles on VAWG published over the past year, centring survivors and marginalised women 💫

Our response to the #AutumnBudget: Welcome removal of two-child benefit cap, but investment in ending VAWG must be delivered with urgency ⤵️

💫 What a night celebrating the journalists and writers showing excellence in reporting on violence against women! ✍️ Read about how their work is making a difference to collective attitudes and awareness - moving us towards accountability and prevention.

I am just so thrilled to win this award -- this is not just an award for a piece of journalism but recognition of the violence against women in the name of "culture" --which is FGM. And this is happening at people's homes and in cosmetics clinics in different cities across the UK!

❤️‍🔥We’re excited to announce the winners of our 2025 Write to End Violence Against Women Awards! ✍️These awards recognise excellence in reporting on violence against women and girls (VAWG) and the journalists helping move us closer to a future in which we are free from violence.

🎉 This year EVAW turns 20! To mark this milestone, we made a zine documenting our history and incredible achievements over two decades. Rooted in the rebellious, DIY spirit of protest, zines have a long history of being used as a tool for campaigning and inspiring change.

Today is International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women and the start of #16DaysOfActivism With digital violence this year's theme, we're pleased to see Ofcom's new guidance to protect women and girls online launch today, following our successful campaign 🧵

Survivors should not be #LivingInLimbo. New report from @rapecrisis.bsky.social exposes the severe harm the Crown Courts backlog is having on survivors of rape and sexual abuse. Find out more and take action ⤵️ rapecrisis.org.uk/get-involved...

The govts. “earned settlement” plans punish and trap Black, minoritised & migrant victim-survivors of VAWG. These reforms are detrimental and cruel. They must be reversed. Read our joint statement with @sbsisters.bsky.social, @evawuk.bsky.social & Hibiscus ➡️ buff.ly/akg3Yan

🚨NEXT WEEK🚨 Join us for the Write to End Violence Against Women Awards 🗞️ The media plays a huge role in shaping public attitudes to violence against women. ✍️ We're celebrating those demonstrating excellence in reporting on VAWG. Register here 👉 bit.ly/3XprNwR

🚨The government has today announced an appalling roll-back of rights for refugees and people seeking safety in the UK. These cruel plans will have devastating and life-threatening consequences for women and children, particularly those trapped in abuse.

🔍 Liberty Investigates journalist Mark Wilding has been nominated for Best Investigation at the Write to End Violence Against Women Awards We’re very proud to have one of our own recognised alongside other journalists doing such vital work Read the nominated piece here: inews.co.uk/news/rape-vi...

🗞️ We’re excited to announce the shortlist for our 2025 Write to End Violence Against Women Awards! ✍️ Endorsed by @nujofficial.bsky.social, our awards recognise those leading the way with responsible reporting that exposes violence against women and helps shift the attitudes driving it.

EVAW's Director Andrea Simon spoke to @skynewsrss.bsky.social about the ban on strangulation in porn. This is a vital step in recognising the role violent porn plays in shaping attitudes and driving dangerous behaviours, as well as regulating an industry that promotes and profits from VAWG.

Welcome move to ban strangulation in porn and hold tech platforms accountable for proactively detecting and removing it - reflecting years of campaigning by EVAW and others who've long warned about the normalisation of violence against women in online content.

The European Convention on Human Rights is a crucial tool in the fight to end violence against women and girls, providing victims/survivors with access to support when they're failed by the State. 📣 We join 300 orgs calling on govt to defend our rights! www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

We are horrified by reports of yet another racially motivated rape. We stand in solidarity with the woman attacked in Walsall. Black and minoritised women are disproportionately targeted with male violence and systematically failed when they report this abuse. We demand justice!

The removal of children on the advice of unregulated experts instructed by the family courts is a “national scandal”, the incoming victims' commissioner @ldnvictimscomm.bsky.social has told @tbij.bsky.social. She is calling for an urgent review of all Melanie Gill's cases. 🧵 tinyurl.com/bp9smemn

Landmark decision in the family courts, which should never rely on reports from unregulated psychologists. Thanks to @rightsofwomen.bsky.social for advocating for survivors and @hansummers.bsky.social at TBIJ for bringing public attention to how women and children are failed by the family courts.

💫 This week, we held our third annual Prevention Conference. With the theme #ADifferentWorldIsPossible, we explored the steps needed to make this ambition a reality. 🧵

Incredible news! We strongly welcome plans to repeal the presumption of parental involvement, which will protect children from abuse & save lives. This is a long overdue change to how our family courts operate. Hugely grateful to Claire Throssell for her tireless campaigning @womensaid.bsky.social

This #BlackHistoryMonth, EVAW's Director Andrea Simon talked to @respectuk.bsky.social about what 'standing firm in power and pride' means in the context of feminist movements to end violence against women, and what more needs to be done to address inequalities in access to justice and support.

What would you do if you were totally free to live your best and biggest life? Gender-based violence shapes women’s and girls’ lives in so many different ways - quietly limiting our freedoms and holding us back from following our dreams.

The racist weaponisation of survivors’ trauma is having horrifying impacts on communities across the country. We welcome new police VAWG lead Helen Millichap's comments. The evidence shows the vast majority of perpetrators of violence against women and girls are known to the victim.

There remains a deeply rooted culture of institutional racism and misogyny within the Met, which the force has yet to properly address. These latest revelations are appalling and just a snapshot of what is happening in forces across the country. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

We stand in solidarity with the victim-survivors of this appalling male violence. Too many women and girls are disbelieved when they come forward to report rape and sexual abuse, and failed by the public agencies meant to protect them. This is unacceptable

🚨 CLOSING TODAY! 🚨 🗞️ How the media reports on violence against women shapes public awareness and beliefs. ✍️ Join us in uplifting journalism that centres survivors and helps shift the attitudes that drive abuse. 🔗 Nominate an article for an award here bit.ly/3J0EEhk

We welcome cyberflashing being made a priority offence in the #OnlineSafetyAct, which will require tech companies to do more to identify it. This must translate into stronger preventative action to stop it from happening and protect women and girls online.

This week, we're part of a #VAWGTakeover of the #LabourPartyConference, calling on the government to take a whole-society approach to ending violence against women and girls - rooted in prevention and centring the most marginalised.

📣 Proud to be part of the #Lab25 VAWG takeover 📣 ➡️ This is a vital opportunity for the government to reset its approach. 🗣️ We call on the gov to listen to violence against women organisations, centre women and girls and ensure that VAWG is a political priority.

Great to join @rapecrisis.bsky.social @alexdaviesjones.bsky.social & School of Sex Education at the @womensbudgetgrp.bsky.social event on making halving VAWG a reality. If the gov is serious about committing to its pledge, it must listen to VAWG orgs and take an urgent approach rooted in prevention

Following #LabourPartyConference? Watch the #VAWGTakeover with @evawuk.bsky.social Southall Black Sisters, @lawrsuk.bsky.social @4refugeewomen.bsky.social Rape Crisis England & Wales, Women’s Aid, @refugecharity.bsky.social @respectuk.bsky.social @seacharity.bsky.social @safelives.bsky.social & us.

After our coalition event we'll be turning to how we stop online violence against women and girls with @evawuk.bsky.social and make Big Tech meet their responsibilities.

🚨 Just 4 days til closing! 🚨 🗞️ How the media reports on violence against women shapes public awareness and beliefs. ✍️ Join us in uplifting journalism that centres survivors and helps shift the attitudes driving abuse. 🔗 Nominate an article for an award! bit.ly/3J0EEhk @nujofficial.bsky.social

Great piece and insight from colleagues in @refugecharity.bsky.social team supporting victims of domestic abuse, who are increasingly subjected to perpetrators' use of technology to coerce, control and harm.

Following the #LabourPartyConference? Keep an eye out for the #VAWGTakeover to hear how the government must put women and girls at the centre of its plans.

Today on #NationalDayOfRemembrance we are remembering victims of fatal domestic abuse, including those who die by suicide.

We’re devastated and outraged by the racist violence we are seeing. We stand in solidarity with the 9 year old girl shot with an airgun in a racially aggravated attack and the Sikh woman in Oldbury who was raped by two men who told her she was ‘not welcome in this country’. 🧵

🚨 New #GirlsAttitudes Survey from Girlguiding finds: ➡️ 68% of girls change their everyday behaviour to avoid sexual harassment ➡️ 70% of young women and girls say politicians aren't showing enough commitment to tackling misogyny and sexism