The Women's Health and Equality Consortium (WHEC) have published Taking a Forward View on Women and Mental Health: Key Messages for Government, a collaborative review from Imkaan, Positively UK and Rape Crisis England and Wales. The publication reviews advances within the policy landscape in terms of women’s mental health and the attempts at implemen

The government has announced new measures to protect women and girls from crimes committed overseas as part of its Domestic Abuse Bill. The new legislation would be the final step to enable ratification of the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women, known as the Istanbul Convention. Measures to be included in legislati

This week, Women’s Aid launched a new guide to empower women to stay safe online. The guide by Women’s Aid and Facebook provides advice to help women and girls understand the risks and tools needed to protect themselves and stay safe on social media.

The Cumberland Lodge has produced a report following the conference they hosted in February 2017 on Violence Against Women: A Determinant of Heath. This document provides a summary of the discussions that took place at Cumberland Lodge, and a set of recommendations for further discussion and action. 

Four years ago, the then government implemented the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (LASPO). Hundreds of thousands of people who were eligible for legal aid on 31 March 2013 became ineligible the very next day. Four years on, the Law Society has conducted a review of the legal aid changes introduced under the act. This review concludes that: