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A shadow of a man with a clenched fist as a woman cowers in the corner (picture posed by a model)
WE NEED not just legislation but a cultural revolution in Britain to deliver on Labour’s mission to halve violence against women and girls (VAWG) within a decade, experts told a packed fringe meeting in Liverpool today.
End Violence Against Women Coalition director Andrea Simon warned that “we have a crisis of abuse of children by children,” driven by boys’ consumption of internet pornography.
She highlighted a survey by charity Equally Ours published earlier this year, which found young people have a poorer understanding of rape and consent than older generations.
Candidates only have until Thursday to get 80 MPs to nominate them
BEN CHACKO reports on fears at TUC Congress that the provisions in the legislation are liable to be watered down even further
CWU leader DAVE WARD tells Ben Chacko a strategy to unite workers on class lines is needed – and sectoral collective bargaining must be at its heart
