Call for evidence outcome

Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) Call for Evidence

Applies to England and Wales

This call for evidence has closed

Detail of outcome

We’ve analysed your feedback and published a new Violence against Women and Girls strategy which you can read here.


Original call for evidence

Summary

This call for evidence was reopened at 6pm on 12 March to further collect views from those with lived experience of, or views on, crimes considered as violence against women and girls. It is open to all genders. It previously ran for 10 weeks from 12:15am on 10 December 2020 to 11:45pm on 19 February 2021.

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Call for evidence description

This call for evidence has been reopened to reflect the recent public discussion about Violence Against Women and Girls to provide an additional opportunity to feed into the consultation.

We are seeking your views to help inform the development of the government’s next Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy. We are particularly keen to hear from people who may feel underrepresented in previous strategies or who feel their circumstances were not supported by existing services.

In addition to those with lived experiences of these issues, we are also seeking the views of those with expertise in working with victims and survivors, those involved in preventative activity, and those involved in providing services. This includes relevant professionals, such as those working in social care, education, law enforcement, local government, public health and healthcare.

Everyone aged 16 or over is welcome to contribute to the call for evidence, you do not have to have experienced violence or abuse to take part.

The call for evidence is also available in British Sign Language.

How to participate

You can participate in the call for evidence by completing the public survey.

The survey is also available in British Sign Language and Easy Read format. You can send responses to VAWGStrategy2021@homeoffice.gov.uk.

Additional submissions

We also welcome additional submissions from academics and others who have interest and expertise in violence against women and girls. Written submissions can include the contribution of published data, research, and other reports of relevance to violence against women and girls. Further information on how to provide a written submission is available in the attachment ‘Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) strategy 2021-2024: call for evidence’.

Documents

Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) strategy 2021-2024: call for evidence (easy read version)

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Published 10 December 2020
Last updated 21 July 2021 + show all updates
  1. Added consultation outcome - a link to the new Violence against Women and Girls strategy.

  2. Updated easy read version published.

  3. Added information about British Sign Language version of public survey.

  4. Added information about British Sign Language version of call for evidence.

  5. Call for evidence reopened until 26 March.

  6. Added Welsh and easy read versions.

  7. Updated to replace pdf call for evidence guidance with accessible html, some minor changes to wording.

  8. First published.