Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls
This factsheet outlines action taken by the government to tackle violence against women and girls.
First UK Conviction for FGM
Today a woman has been convicted of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) at the Old Bailey. Please find below a statement from the Home Secretary welcoming the conviction. Please also see below a fact sheet detailing the work the Government has been …
Ministerial Opinion-Victoria Atkins writes about tackling FGM
...2013 the UK made the largest ever donor commitment (£35m over 5 years) to help end FGM internationally, and we are making progress: today a girl is about one-third less...
Home Office in the media: 9 March 2017
Today's Home Office related news includes coverage of the Spring Budget which contained an extra £20 million to tackle domestic violence and coverage of a new report from the Council of Europe.