Countries: United Kingdom
Variables: RISW-PRACTICE-1

"The organisation [UN Women UK] has launched the #StopSupportReport initiative which lays out three steps for helping to intervene in incidents of violence against women on the streets. The first step is to stop and offer support and help; focusing on the person, not the suspected perpetrator. One way in which this can be done is to try and distract from the situation by asking that person for directions. Otherwise, it's recommended you make eye contact with the person and give them the opportunity to ask you for help. The second step is to support the person to safety. This may mean walking them to the bus stop, calling a...more

Countries: United Kingdom
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1

"Deputy chief constable Maggie Blyth also warned that online influencers like Andrew Tate could radicalise young men into extreme misogyny in the same way terrorists draw in followers...We know the influencers, Andrew Tate, the element of influencing of particularly boys, is quite terrifying and that's something that both the leads for counterterrorism in the country and ourselves from a VAWG perspective are discussing,' she added" (para 17, 21). This information suggests the presence of cultural attitudes that may contribute to rape culture in the UK, as Deputy Chief Constable Maggie Blyth warned that online influencers like Andrew Tate could radicalize young men into extreme misogyny, potentially strengthening social norms that...more

Countries: United Kingdom
Variables: IIP-LAW-2

"The organisation [UN Women UK] has launched the #StopSupportReport initiative which lays out three steps for helping to intervene in incidents of violence against women on the streets. The first step is to stop and offer support and help; focusing on the person, not the suspected perpetrator. One way in which this can be done is to try and distract from the situation by asking that person for directions. Otherwise, it's recommended you make eye contact with the person and give them the opportunity to ask you for help. The second step is to support the person to safety. This may mean walking them to the bus stop, calling a...more

Countries: United Kingdom
Variables: MARR-PRACTICE-1

"A young woman has told how she was pushed towards a forced marriage and choked unconscious by her father who performed “exorcisms” in a bid to rid of demons after her family found out she was gay. The harrowing case is one of many incidents examined in new research that found forced marriage remains “rife” in England and Wales but the number of people coming forward to alert authorities has plummeted in recent years. The first-of-its-kind study, by the University of Lincoln and the University of Bristol, found queries to the government’s forced marriage unit dramatically decreased from 1,507 inquiries in 2018 to 337 in 2021. But experts told The...more

Countries: United Kingdom
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-3

“Thousands of trafficking victims have rejected the government’s support, many due to fear of the authorities or of being deported, lawyers have said. Nearly 6,000 trafficking victims rejected support from the government’s National Referral Mechanism (NRM) for victims of modern slavery last year, according to data based on research from the British Institute for International and Comparative Law and the Human Trafficking Foundation at the University of Oxford. Researchers found a range of reasons for this among respondents, including fear of traffickers, receiving support elsewhere, wanting to put things of being trafficked behind them and being reluctant to engage with UK authorities” (para 1-2). “Home Office freedom of information data...more

Countries: United Kingdom
Variables: TRAFF-LAW-3

"Thousands of trafficking victims have rejected the government’s support, many due to fear of the authorities or of being deported, lawyers have said. Nearly 6,000 trafficking victims rejected support from the government’s National Referral Mechanism (NRM) for victims of modern slavery last year" (Para 1-2). "Last month marked the 10th anniversary of the landmark Modern Slavery Act, pioneered by former prime minister Theresa May. In a parliamentary debate last month, Craig Murray MP said of the NRM, which has a significant backlog and takes an average of 831 days to process a trafficking case: 'The tool is currently all but broken down.' Safeguarding minister Jess Phillips said that 100 new...more

Countries: United Kingdom
Variables: NGOFW-DATA-1

"Esme Madill, a solicitor at the Migrant & Refugee Children’s Legal Unit, which has a project for young Albanian trafficking victims called Breaking The Chains" (Para 9).

Countries: United Kingdom
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1

"The UK government has revealed plans to chemically castrate paedophiles and sex criminals in Britain" (Para 1). This suggests that rape and sexual assault is a big problem (JS-CODER COMMENT). "'SSRIs also affect people psychologically - they provide people with more control over their sexual urges, compulsive behaviours and compulsive thinking" (Para 24). "There is already a growing body of evidence that treatment with anti-androgens or SSRIs can significantly reduce re-offending rates" (Para 39). "Ms Mahmood is also considering whether to make the measure mandatory, rather than voluntary" (Para 49).

Countries: United Kingdom
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-2

"Ms Brook said she had been continuously singled out for speaking up and that her experience in the fleet destroyed her mental health, ultimately resulting in the mistakes that eventually ended her career" (Para 25). "I held secret meetings in hotel suites and hushed phone calls with sources who were terrified but desperate to speak" (Para 29). This suggests there are taboos against talking about or report sexual assult (JS-CODER COMMENT). "The problems were systemic – entrenched in the culture and often fiercely protected from scrutiny. The Navy seemed to go to extraordinary lengths to throw me off naming the senior officers implicated" (Para 31). "The senior officer involved was...more

Countries: United Kingdom
Variables: EWCMS-PRACTICE-3

"Last week, three submarine captains – all once lauded with OBEs and entrusted with the UK's nuclear deterrent – were quietly stripped of their honours following findings of gross misconduct. Reports suggest the allegations range from grotesque sexual harassment aboard a ballistic missile submarine to filming explicit videos onboard and presiding over regimes of calculated bullying" (Para 3-4). "'They'll never want my story to come out,' she had warned. 'It's an old boys' club… they're untouchable.' And I came quickly to understand exactly what she meant, given the extraordinary lengths to which those within the Royal Navy went in order to throw me off naming the culprits" (Para 20-21). "Ms...more

Countries: United Kingdom
Variables: EWCMS-DATA-3

" it was my exposure of Sophie Brook's story in the Mail – telling of the misogyny and bullying she suffered serving on submarines – that triggered a two-year investigation and forced the Navy to admit abuse was endemic within the service" (Para 7). We can assume rape and assault in the military is not prosecuted very often (JS-CODER COMMENT). "She had made many of the complaints formally to superiors long before her dismissal" (Para 26). "The problems were systemic – entrenched in the culture and often fiercely protected from scrutiny. The Navy seemed to go to extraordinary lengths to throw me off naming the senior officers implicated" (Para 31)....more

Countries: Australia, Brazil, France, Germany, India, Japan, Mexico, Norway, Sweden, United Kingdom
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-3

“On the top end of the range are Norway, Australia, and Sweden, with 24% to 27% of their senior leadership teams made up of women. In the middle we have the United Kingdom at 18% and France at 13%. On the bottom end of the range are Brazil, Germany, and Mexico with 8% women (although Germany is increasing quickly after implementing quotas), and then India at 5% and Japan at 3%” (para 7).

Countries: United Kingdom
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-2

“[L]aws originated from the British Mines and Collieries Act of 1842, which removed women from working in underground mines, due to a combination of genuine concern about the hazardous nature of the work and as a result of “moral panic” about men and women working together in dimly lit underground areas. The same act also prohibited the use of child labor in mining, due to the dirty and dangerous nature of the work. While children are inherently vulnerable and need protection (including from dangerous work), the conflation of women and children, and the view that both required the same kind of protection, has been an enduring rationale for harmful stereotyping...more

Countries: United Kingdom
Variables: LRW-DATA-1

"There were 214,816 recorded sex crimes in the year to September, data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) revealed, up eight per cent year-on-year. It included the highest-ever number of recorded rapes, with 74,265 - a seven per cent rise. The total number of sex crimes was equivalent to 588 incidents every day. In 2003 the figure stood at less than 57,000 reported sex crimes, and the continuing rise in offences has been put down to improved recording practices by police forces" (para 2-5). The table, titled "Sex crimes soar to record levels" shows steady levels of reported sex crimes hovering around 50,000 from 2003 to 2014 with a...more

Countries: United Kingdom
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1

"Ms. Vasiliou [31 year-old woman, sister to Keisha Christodoulou who was killed by her husband] told the PA news agency that femicide and violence against women are not receiving 'the level of attention and care' they urgently need, and emphasised the necessity for more 'culturally specific services' for black women. She said: 'There needs to be more culturally specific services for black women where they feel safe to turn to. It also shows the lack of care and protection for marginalised communities. More advocacy and services specifically for black women, by black women is a must. I feel there need to be tougher laws against men committing violence or murder...more