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This is the summer 2015 edition of the violence against women and girls newsletter.
Minister for Preventing Abuse and Exploitation met Heathrow’s Safeguarding and Trafficking Team to hear how they protect girls at risk of female genital mutilation (FGM).
First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government
Budget announces a £3.2 million funding boost to help ensure no victim of domestic abuse is turned away from help.
The spring 2015 issue of the newsletter includes news on sharing best practice with partners, links to insight packs and funding information.
A £10 million government fund will help support refuges across the country and boost provision for vulnerable victims of domestic violence.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
The Deputy Prime Minister has recorded a video message to celebrate International Women's Day and to invite everyone to get involved.
Lynne Featherstone has visited Standing Together in Hammersmith to hear about its work to coordinate integrated multi-agency support for victims of domestic abuse.
Explains what is being done to ensure the safety of female passengers on public transport.
Ahead of the 20th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration, Theresa Villiers addresses the NI Women's European Forum on violence against women and girls
Crime Prevention Minister Lynne Featherstone today announced front line professionals will have a mandatory duty to report cases of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM).
On 9 February, at the Patrick Iyambo Police College, Windhoek, a 5 day course on "Community Policing and Gender-Based Violence" commenced.
Voluntary and community African groups in the UK are being invited to bid for new grants to support their campaigns to end female genital mutilation in their countries of origin.
New measures aimed at bringing an end to female genital mutilation (FGM) in the UK announced.
Cardiff’s leading campaigners against FGM have been praised for their role in ending the harmful practice.
Tough new laws to tackle the harmful and unacceptable practice of female genital mutilation (FGM) took a crucial step closer to becoming law.
Stephen Williams hears testimony from project workers about vital work in Bristol to end the practice of female genital mutilation.
Home Secretary sets out new law to criminalise coercive and controlling behaviour.
A UKaid funded Girls’ Club is providing a platform for young Somali women to speak out and engage on issues surrounding Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), and violence against women.
This is the autumn 2014 edition of the VAWG newsletter.
Further details unveiled of funding recipients and new unit to tackle female genital mutilation
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