IC Change

Molly Tonks, volunteer at Sisters of Frida, explains what the Istanbul convention is and how the convention needs to be implemented to ensure disabled women are able to live lives free from violence.  This blog was originally posted on the Sisters of Frida website. Sisters of Frida, is an experimental cooperative of disabled women, who […]

Image by Freepik. 2020 is set to be a big year for women’s rights. It will mark: the 25th anniversary of the Beijing Platform for Action - the first global agreement on gender equality; the 5th anniversary of the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals; the 20th anniversary of UN Security Council resolution 1325 on […]

Let’s make this general election an opportunity to end violence against women! Write to your parliamentary candidates to ask them to commit to action now. On 12 December, the UK will be voting in a general election. We have an opportunity to make sure elected MPs support all women and girls to live free from […]

  Women’s organisations and domestic abuse experts have created these Joint Recommendations for the Domestic Abuse Bill - Briefing for Second Reading for MPs.    

Over the past year we’ve been campaigning behind the scenes to keep the Domestic Abuse Bill on the Government’s agenda - because it’s a potentially landmark law on domestic abuse that could make a real difference for survivors - and because it contains vital legislation needed for the UK Government to ratify the Istanbul Convention. […]