The Women’s Equality Party has published an open letter to the new Director of Public Prosecutions, Max Hill QC, calling for an end to the way the CPS handles rape and sexual violence cases in his first 100 days in post, signed by women’s organisations and campaigners. Catherine Mayer, Co-founder of the Women’s Equality Party said: “Women’s rights campaigners have worked tirelessly to puncture rape myths and stereotypes about women who are the victims of sexual violence. “Their efforts had…

Soaring rates of violence against women and girls are an indictment of the Conservative government and a stain on the UK, the Women’s Equality Party said on Monday, calling for immediate cross-party action to end this epidemic. The Crown Prosecution Service’s annual report  shows prosecutions for offences against women at an all-time high. Prosecutions for gender-based crimes including domestic abuse, rape and sexual assaults, have risen by almost 10% to 117,568 in 2015-6. “The last year has seen a record…

Following its successful campaign to prevent women being removed from the Politics A-level, the Women’s Equality Party is once again calling on the Government to backtrack on its education policy. “We are asking the Secretary of State for Education to look again at the syllabus for the Philosophy A-Level and AS-Level, neither of which feature women,” said WEP leader Sophie Walker today. “It is frankly embarrassing that the syllabi for these two courses were approved without anyone noticing the absence…

The Women’s Equality Party (WE) has announced four candidates for the Welsh Assembly elections in May. They will be campaigning on the regional list for South Wales Central to put women’s equality at the top of the political agenda. Sharon Lovell, Emma Rose, Sarah Rees and Ruth Williams are standing to make sure Welsh women are at the centre of this year’s election. “Things are going backwards in Wales. We now have fewer women Assembly Members, fewer women in the…