The ‘Violence Against Women and Girls Newsletter – Winter 2015’ has information about the Government’s refreshed Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) strategy and other developments.
On 25 October 2015, the Prime Minister announced new measures to eradicate gender inequality in the work place and remove barriers to women’s success.
On 27 October the Government announced a pledge to recruit on a ‘name blind’ basis to address discrimination.
In 2015 the Council of Europe’s Gender Equality Unit published a brochure bringing together the main Council of Europe instruments on gender equality and women’s rights.
A taskforce to help reduce violence against women and girls on university campuses was announced by Business Secretary Sajid Javid on 6 September 2015.
In September 2015, the Government published a ‘Memorandum to the Joint Committee on Human Rights: the Welfare Reform and Work Bill 2015’.
In August 2015, the European Commission published a Roadmap as part of an initiative to address the low participation of women in the labour market.
A cross-government declaration outlining the UK’s progress to end female genital mutilation (FGM) and child marriage was published on 22 July 2015.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer gave his summer Budget to Parliament on Wednesday 8 July 2015.
On 1 July 2015, the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, Iain Duncan Smith, announced new legislation to replace the Child Poverty Act 2010.
