The conversation around early release is about more than sentencing policy. Drawing on recent reporting, survivor testimony and M.Y.H's own community, this feature explores the fear, uncertainty and renewed trauma many survivors are experiencing, alongside growing calls for meaningful safeguards and victim-centred reform.

What is reproductive coercion? This feature explores a hidden form of abuse, why recognising it matters, and how campaigns like My Choice Was Taken are helping bring greater awareness to an issue that has remained hidden for far too long.

As concerns grow over the government's planned early release scheme, survivors and victims' advocates are calling for stronger safeguards to protect those affected by sexual violence and abuse. From timely notification and robust risk assessments to meaningful victim support, the conversation highlights that justice doesn't end at sentencing - and that victims' safety and confidence must remain central to decisions about release.

Following a successful challenge, the Court of Appeal has increased the sentences of two teenage boys convicted of rape. The judgment reflects the persistence of the victims and their families, and highlights why the ability to challenge legal decisions matters.

Rape Crisis England & Wales is inviting survivors who have been through a sexual offence trial to share their experiences of prosecution and defence barristers. The findings will help inform future policy, campaigning and improvements to the criminal justice system.

Meaningful justice is about more than punishment - it's about recognising the realities of abuse. The government has proposed a new 25-year sentencing starting point for murders of current or former partners. Here's what the changes mean and why they matter.

Georgia Harrison is calling for a conversation about the growing influence of algorithms, influencers and online culture on young people. In this M.Y.H x Noticeboard feature, we explore the questions at the heart of her campaign: who is shaping the next generation, what messages are being amplified online, and what responsibility do platforms, parents and society have in the digital age?

A collection of voices that deserve to be heard. Collective Voices is a limited-edition zine featuring reflections from survivors of violence against women and girls, exploring justice, community, accountability and change through lived experience. Available now via the M.Y.H x Shop.

What happens when understanding your own case comes with a price tag? Open Justice For All is campaigning for victims to have free access to court transcripts and judicial remarks, with a new Early Day Motion calling for greater transparency and fairer access to justice.

Behind the goals, celebrations and headlines lies a difficult reality. Domestic abuse charities are once again raising awareness of the increased risks some survivors face during major football tournaments.

‘Tricked Into Pregnancy?’ explores the story of Liv Nervo and the difficult questions surrounding consent, deception and reproductive coercion. A powerful and thought-provoking documentary that shines a light on an often overlooked form of abuse and the impact it can have on people's lives and choices.

After becoming a target of AI-generated sexualised imagery herself, Jess Asato MP is taking legal action against xAI and helping lead calls for stronger online protections. Her campaign is about more than one case - it's about ensuring technology companies are held accountable when innovation causes harm.

Collective Voices is the first Make Yourself Heard zine, created following our International Women's Day Give to Gain gathering with the Victims' Commissioner. Bringing together reflections from survivors, campaigners and advocates, the zine explores justice, resilience, healing and change.

A new petition is calling for stronger protections for domestic abuse survivors in the family courts, arguing that the safeguards already available in some cases should apply to everyone seeking protection from abuse.

When the issues you're campaigning on are personal, it can be difficult to know when to pause. But rest isn't a sign of weakness - it's a vital part of long-term resilience. Here's a reminder that it's okay to step back and five simple ways to reconnect with yourself.

The Attorney General is reviewing the sentences handed to three teenage boys convicted of multiple rapes against two girls in Hampshire, following widespread criticism that the outcome was too lenient.

Out now: The System Is The Weapon by Natalie Page.

A powerful examination of how family courts can become sites of post-separation abuse, coercive control, and institutional failure - and why survivor and child safety must come first. Because surviving abuse should never mean surviving the system too.

A court in Madrid has begun using therapy dogs to support vulnerable victims while giving evidence - helping survivors regulate anxiety and feel safer during deeply traumatic proceedings. The initiative is prompting wider conversations about what truly trauma-informed justice could look like.

Following the resignations of Jess Phillips and Alex Davies-Jones, Natalie Fleet and Catherine Atkinson have been appointed to lead key government work on safeguarding, victims’ rights, and violence against women and girls.

ITV’s new four-part drama Believe Me tells the true story of women raped by serial offender John Worboys and the legal fight that exposed serious failures by the Metropolitan Police. The series explores reporting rape, institutional accountability, survivors’ rights, and the landmark human rights case that changed how investigative failures can be challenged in the UK.