Response to the Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) inquiry

Bakina, Ksenia; Black, Iona; Duddin, Keely and Jurasz, Olga (2025). Response to the Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) inquiry. Centre for Protecting Women Online, The Open University.

Abstract

This submission of evidence highlights the urgent need to effectively address online harms experienced by women and girls within any strategy tackling violence against women and girls. Further, it explains the widespread nature of online violence against women (OVAWG), highlighting relevant statistics obtained from a first UK-wide study on online violence. The submission also addresses the current gaps and challenges in tackling OVAWG in the UK in relation to law and policy development and policing practice. This submission concludes by providing a list of key actionable recommendations that need to be addressed and implemented by government to ensure that OVAWG is tackled effectively, reflecting victims’ and survivors’ lived experiences.

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