Click here to read more This information is provided to help British nationals overseas make informed decisions about whether and how to: seek medical advice and attention report to local police engage with foreign legal authorities following a rape or other form of sexual assault overseas If you have been sexually assaulted it is important … Continue reading “Guidance Information – For British nationals who are survivors of rape and sexual assault in Equatorial Guinea”

Overview of violence against women and girls researchViolence against women and girls (VAWG) is an umbrella term used to cover a wide range of abuse types that affect more women and girls than men and boys. These include domestic homicide, domestic abuse, sexual assault, abuse experienced as a child, female genital mutilation (FGM), forced marriage … Continue reading “Official Statistics – Violence against women and girls, research update – November 2023”

Click here to read more This information is also available in British sign language Consultation Description Although we know that children can be vulnerable to harm by adults, there is also growing research into children displaying harmful behaviours towards parents/caregivers. There is no agreed definition for this type of harm or abuse, making it difficult … Continue reading “Open Consultation – Defining child to parent abuse – Home Office”

Click here to read more The third phase of the government’s award-winning Enough campaign includes a new partnership with over 30 universities to help make campuses safer. The government’s innovative Enough campaign will join forces with over 30 UK universities in a bid to protect women and girls on university campuses. Launching its third phase … Continue reading “News story – New phase of campaign encourages students to say Enough to abuse – HM”

Click here to find our more Time: 14:00 – 15:00 Date: Sunday, 26 Nov 2023 Location: Piccadilly Manchester M1 1AF Remembering the women killed by known men in the UK A peaceful creative ‘Murder March’ to remember and represent the women murdered in the UK by partners, ex-partners, family members i.e. domestic violence murders. This … Continue reading “Event – Dead Women Walking – Domestic violence murder march 2023 –”

Click here to find out more Women’s Aid has joined forces with the UK’s leading scheduled coach operator to support survivors of abuse by providing free National Express coach travel across the UK. The Road to Refuge scheme provides women, men and children escaping domestic abuse with access to free National Express coach travel to … Continue reading “News – Women’s Aid and National Express launch Road to Refuge”

Click here to find out more Home Office and the Ministry of Justice have announced the first reading of two Bills in relation to the criminal justice system: The Sentencing Bill, which will introduce a presumption against short sentences, excluding those who breach a court order or those who put an individual at significant risk … Continue reading “News – Domestic Abuse Commissioner responds to Sentencing Bill and Criminal Justice Bill – DAC”

Click here to find out more A new report from the Domestic Abuse Commissioner has today (9th November 2023) revealed that all police forces in England and Wales share migrant victims’ data with Immigration Enforcement; a practice which stops victims from reporting to the police or other statutory services out of fear that they will be … Continue reading “News – Calls for a firewall as new data finds all police forces share migrant victims’ data with Immigration Enforcement – End Violence against women”

Date: Thursday, 16 May 2024 Time: 08:30 – 15:45 Venue: Pendulum Hotel & Manchester Conference Centre Click here to find out more Since Open Forum Events ran its inaugural conference focusing on Child Sexual Exploitation in 2015, there has a been increased awareness throughout society of the abuse and exploitation of children by perpetrators, however, … Continue reading “Event – Preventing Child Sexual Exploitation – Open forum events”