Rape Crisis

Dapper Laughs & the demand to be “educated” about rape culture

July 27, 2015, Admin Media Complaints,

‘Comedian’ Dapper has decided his perpetration of rape culture is the fault of the people holding him accountable. This is what we at EVB like to call male entitlement: the belief that others are responsible for your actions and that they should have ‘educated’ you better. If only women, and we need to be clear […]

male entitlement, Rape Crisis, rape culture

Our campaign demands for the General Election

March 11, 2015, Admin Activism, EVB Analysis, Uncategorized,

These are the 6 issues we will be raising with the various political parties and our individual MPs. Some of these issues will be easy to implement – such as the insistence that no woman ever be denied support due to migration status – others requirement serious commitment by political parties to ending male violence […]

Domestic Abuse, domestic violence, Eaves, End Violence Against Women, fatal male violence, fatal male violence against women and girls, Imkaan, male violence, No Recourse to Public Funds, Rape, Rape Crisis, refuge, Sexual Abuse, sexual violence, South Black Sisters, woman's aid

The Reality of Ritual Abuse

October 14, 2014, Admin EVB Analysis,

Ritual abuse does exist and we are very pleased to see that the Metropolitan Police are taken the safety of children seriously. However, we are very concerned by the number of mentions on our twitter feed suggesting that this article in the BBC on the Met’s investigations were a joke or that it was an […]

Child Abuse, child sexual abuse, Child Sexual Exploitation, mandatory reporting of child abuse, Rape Crisis, ritual abuse

A Complaint to the BBC on coverage of the trials of Rolf Harris & Stuart Hall

May 7, 2014, Admin Media Complaints,

(This was submitted via their online complaints site which has a limited number of characters) You have listed articles on the trials for child sexual violence of Rolf Harris, Stuart Hall and Freddie Starr under the heading of “entertainment”. These are not articles about entertainment. They are about 3 adult men charged with (or pending […]

BBC, Freddie Starr, Jimmy Savile, Media, NUJ, Rape, Rape Crisis, rape culture, rape myths, Rolf Harris, sexual violence, Stuart Hall

A week in journalism is a long time: the reporting of the trial and verdict of Max Clifford

May 7, 2014, Alison Boydell Media Complaints,

As another high profile trial commences, with jury selection today (Tuesday 6th May 2014) for 12 charges of indecent assault allegedly committed by Rolf Harris, I would hope for better reporting than we have seen of the Max Clifford trial. This piece by Martin Robbins from the New Statesman on Saturday 3rd May, is without […]

Ally Fogg, Barbara Hewson, BBC, CPS, Dave Lee-Travis, Grace Dent, Jimmy Savile, Max Clifford, NSPCC, Rape Crisis, Rolf Harris, William Roache, Yewtree

Holding our politicians accountable

April 15, 2014, Admin Activism, EVB Analysis,

This week, Cheltenham Borough councillor Barbara Driver has stepped down after using the phrase: “(t)here is a saying and I’m going to say it: When rape is inevitable, lie back and enjoy it” in reference to a new housing development. This misuse of language by politicians is not unusual. Victim blaming is. Eric Pickles allegedly told a survivor of child […]

Domestic Abuse, domestic violence, Language, Media, Rape Crisis, refuge, sexual violence, women's aid, Women's Services