5 Key Tests for the government’s Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy

In 2025, 60+ VAWG organisations set out their expectations for the government’s new VAWG strategy. With the strategy now published, our latest analysis looks at how it measures up against our five key tests:

– Focus on prevention

– Address all forms of VAWG in an integrated way

– Include all women and girls without discrimination

– Sustainably fund specialist support services

– Accountability across all government departments