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Violence against women and girls

Inquiry

This inquiry will look at how violence against women and girls is being addressed.  The Committee will use information from its initial call for evidence to inform its future programme of work on this issue.

Read the initial call for evidence for more detail about the inquiry.

The Committee has also published separate terms of reference relating specifically to the investigation and prosecution of rape. If you wish to submit evidence on this issue, please click here.

Warning - some of the written evidence published as part of this inquiry may contain explicit language or comments that some readers may find offensive. 

Reports, special reports and government responses

No reports or special reports published.

Oral evidence transcripts

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7 September 2022
Inquiry Violence against women and girls
Witnesses Nicole Jacobs (Domestic Abuse Commissioner for England and Wales), Vicky Marsh (Interim Director at Safety4Sisters North West), Roy Wilsher OBE QFSM (HM Inspector of Constabulary), Dr Hannana Siddiqui (Head of Policy and Research at Southall Black Sisters), and Elizabeth Jiménez-Yáñez (Policy and Communications Manager at Latin American Women's Rights Service)
Oral Evidence
9 June 2021
Inquiry Violence against women and girls
Witnesses Nicole Jacobs (Domestic Abuse Commissioner for England and Wales), Yasmin Khan (National Adviser for Violence against Women, Genderbased Violence, Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence, at Welsh Government), Sophie Linden (Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime, London), Claire Waxman (Victims' Commissioner for London), Harriet Wistrich (Founding Director at Centre for Women's Justice), Surwat Sohail (Chief Executive at Roshni Birmingham), and Cordelia Tucker-O’Sullivan (Senior Policy and Public Affairs Manager at Refuge)
Oral Evidence
Serving prisoner (VAW0045)
Frida, Georgina, Jola, and Sonia (VAW0044)
Disabled Survivors Unite (VAW0043)

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