A new study of attitudes towards gender-based violence in Europe was published last month by the European Commission, with the final report containing some worrying statistics for us to reflect on during our 16 Days of Activism campaign. For instance, 27% of EU...
Are you letting enough orange into your life? You may have noticed more people than usual dressed in the vibrant colour over the past week as part of the UN’s initiative to ‘Orange the World’. It’s all part of the 16 Days of Activism campaign, which runs every year...
Around one in four women in the UK experience violence in their lifetime, often at the hands of someone they know, trust and love. Calls for increased and sustained funding for the organisations working on the ground to end violence against women and girls are at the...
Every year, the United Nations calls for people across the globe to take action to end gender-based violence for 16 Days of Activism. Violence against women and girls is one of the most widespread human rights violations in the world. During 16 Days, Equation and our...
We’re proud to work in a city that is pioneering in so many respects: the first city to declare itself a FGM Zero Tolerance Zone; the first Police Force to record misogyny as a hate crime. Yet we’d like to see these approaches adopted as standard across...
Domestic abuse has a devastating effect on the health and wellbeing of victims and families, and is a national public health epidemic. The charity SafeLives have recently published a report that outlines the need for an integrated approach to tackling domestic abuse...
