16th March 2021

Women’s representation

UK constituents who have expressed concerns about women’s rights and safeguarding are being ignored and dismissed by MP’s elected to represent them. Some are reporting being blocked on social media and even being called ‘transphobic’ for raising vital safeguarding concerns. In response to the following tweet 52 MPs, MSPs and MSs were listed.

Judicial review

A judicial review brought by the Centre for women’s justice and EVAW coalition to hold the CPS accountable on the collapse of rape prosecutions has failed today. This is disappointing news at a time when prosecutions have dropped by over half in 2018/19 compared to the average between 2009/10 and 2016/17.

EVAW Coalition @EVAWuk

BREAKING NEWS: EVAW is deeply disappointed by judges failure to hold CPS accountable on rape prosecutions collapse in their JR judgement. But we have no regrets for wanting to hold institutions accountable for the effective decriminalisation of rape.

endviolenceagainstwomen.org.ukBreaking News: Women’s groups deeply disappointed by judges failure to hold CPS accountable on rape prosecutions collapse• Today’s (Monday 15 March) judgement delivered online, by three senior Justices – including the Lord Chief Justice – declines to examine the evidence presented by the Claimant group and instead accepts the case made by the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) that there had been no change ’in subs…

Call to action

• Contact your MP or representative with your concerns.

• Support campaigns listed on Women uniting a cross party group fighting for sex based rights. There are petitions for Greens, Liberal Democrats’, Women’s Equality Party, Labour Party and Conservative Party.

• Follow the work of Centre for women’s justice and EVAW coalition and support them if you can.