Tag Archives: Rape and Sexual Abuse

Reclaim The Night – Coventry

Women’s and feminist groups in Coventry (including Coventry Women’s Voices) are organising Coventry’s first Reclaim the Night event in over 30 years on March 1st and we need your help! Reclaim the Night will be an event for women to reclaim the … Continue reading

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#RapeIsRape

** TRIGGER WARNING** Coventry Rape and Sexual Abuse Centre (CRASAC) and Coventry City Council have produced a very powerful new video called #Rape is Rape in Any Language.  The campaign has been supported by Coventry Bears Rugby League Team.   … Continue reading

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Rape is Rape in any language

*Trigger Warning* Coventry City Council and Coventry Rape and Sexual Abuse Centre (CRASAC), supported by West Midlands Police are launching a ground-breaking project in Coventry; focusing on survivor’s needs and the education of others in order to understand the trauma … Continue reading

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Coventry Women’s Voices Meeting with Police and Crime Commisioners Questions for the candidates

On 31st October 2012 Coventry Women’s Voices organised a Women’s Question Time meeting with all the candidates to be Police and Crime Commissioner for the West Midlands. We asked women to submit questions in advance via email, twitter and Facebook. … Continue reading

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Coventry Women’s Voices welcomes SARC decision

Coventry Women’s Voices has welcomed the unanimous commitment by all candidates to be Police and Crime Commissioner for the West Midlands that they would reverse the current police policy on referrals to the Coventry SARC. At the moment West Midlands … Continue reading

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Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) annual report 2011/2012

The 2011/2012 Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) annual report has been released.  The report contains an analysis of the key prosecution issues in each VAWG strand – domestic violence rape sexual offences human trafficking prostitution forced marriage honour based violence … Continue reading

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Yes, Yes, Oh YES! – Warwick Anti-Sexism Society’s Consent Campaign

Warwick University’s Anti-Sexism Society (WASS) is holding a consent campaign during freshers’ fortnight centred around sex under the influence of alcohol. The campaign, which begins on the 4th October 2012, will involve handing out flyers with the message “yes, yes, … Continue reading

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The “Paint it Purple” 2012 Campaign: [Painting the Internet Purple and Selling Cupcakes for the cause to stop violence against women worldwide]

The Pixel Project, the global volunteer-led online nonprofit working to end Violence Against Women (VAW) worldwide, is proud to launch their third annual global “Paint It Purple” campaign to inspire men and women to work together to prevent, stop and … Continue reading

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Listen to the voices of women

Coventry Women’s Voices call on newly elected councillors to ‘Listen to the voices of women’ The week after local elections Coventry Women’s Voices are calling on councillors in Coventry to listen to the voices of women as they publish a … Continue reading

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Legal Aid Update

The Legal Aid Bill has now gone through parliament and will shortly become law. This update on the changes to the Bill comes from the Justice for All campaign Changes to the Bill since Autumn 2010 After the Green Paper … Continue reading

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