A new Guardian investigation explores the growing use of SLAPPs (Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation) in the UK, highlighting how survivors, campaigners and members of the public are facing legal threats after speaking out. The feature examines the chilling impact these tactics can have on freedom of expression, survivor advocacy and public participation.

A new survivor-led campaign, #EndEyeCheck, is calling for action on drug-facilitated rape and the sexual abuse of unconscious women. Following ITV News reporting, survivors are speaking publicly about abuse, consent, trauma, and the urgent need for legal reform and awareness.

In 2010, Nina Cresswell reported a violent sexual assault to the police. Within hours, she was told it wasn’t a crime.

A decade later - after years of carrying the weight of that dismissal - she spoke out publicly to protect other women. The man she named sued her for defamation.

He dragged her through a three-year legal battle. And she won.

Fightback is a powerful short film examining how the criminal justice system treats women who have experienced serious, often prolonged abuse.

The film explores cases where women are serving life sentences after acting in circumstances shaped by violence, coercion and fear - yet their experiences are minimised or misunderstood once they enter the courtroom. Context is stripped away, trauma is reframed as intent, and survival is judged through legal frameworks that fail to reflect the reality of abuse.

I sat through Edward’s inquest, and I’ve never felt such anger, frustration or sadness listening to police failures set out so starkly. A young man died in suspicious circumstances, and the investigation he deserved simply never happened.

Key evidence lost. Witnesses never interviewed. Conflicting accounts left unchallenged. And, once again, harmful assumptions about sexuality shaping the narrative instead of facts.

This winter, Rape Crisis South London is raising vital funds to ensure survivors of sexual violence can access specialist counselling, advocacy, and community support. Your donation helps break the silence and ensures survivors are believed, supported, and heard.

When families lose loved ones to fatal male violence, the least they deserve is justice. Yet for too many Black, minoritised, and migrant (BMM) women - and their families - justice remains out of reach.

On 31 October 2025, Killed Women launched INVISIBLE WOMEN, a groundbreaking campaign to confront systemic racism, neglect, and institutional failure across policing, justice, and support services.

Family-led and survivor-driven, the campaign demands accountability, visibility, and reform. It amplifies the voices of bereaved families who are standing together to say: enough.

Victoria, known online as DollyScoobs, is the driving force behind the #HoldAllJudgesToAccount campaign - a grassroots movement calling for an independent, robust system for judicial accountability in England and Wales. Her mission is not to undermine judicial independence, but to ensure that trials are conducted fairly for both complainants and defendants, and that judges are answerable for legal errors and case management decisions that can fundamentally affect the outcome of a trial.