At this year’s Labour Party Conference in Liverpool, White Ribbon UK hosted a fringe event, sponsored by Principle One. The event marked the launch of new interim findings from our upcoming report ‘The Case for Investing in the Primary Prevention of Men’s Violence Against Women and Girls’, developed in partnership with the Centre for Protecting Women Online.
The interim findings of the research, funded by the Open University’s Open Societal Challenges, highlights the urgent need for government investment in primary prevention to reduce violence against women and girls (VAWG). The message was clear that if the Government is serious about reducing violence against women and girls by half within a decade, it must invest in primary prevention.
The panel brought together voices from across politics, research, and advocacy. White Ribbon UK’s CEO Lynne Elliot and Vice Chair Steve Barnbrook, was joined by Ben Sadler from Principle One, Andrea Simon of the End Violence Against Women Coalition, David Burton-Sampson MP, Professor Olga Jurasz from the Centre for Protecting Women Online, and Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Victims and Violence Against Women and Girls, Alexandra Davies-Jones MP. Together, they discussed the opportunities presented by focusing on the primary prevention of violence against women and girls, and the need to take a collaborative approach across education, legislation, tech-regulation, and community support.
Together, they discussed the opportunities presented by focusing on the primary prevention of violence against women and girls, and the need to take a collaborative approach across education, legislation, tech-regulation, and community support.
