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For women with multiple unmet needs, support services are crucial to tackling disadvantage. Yet, too often, women face significant challenges trying to access this support.

On Wednesday, 26th April, Agenda Alliance and the AYJ brought together organisations in the criminal justice and youth sectors and women with lived experience to discuss how we can continue to effect change for young women in the criminal justice system.

We recently spoke to the women from our Transforming Services project about their experience of child removal and the need for meaningful support, information and understanding for women in their situation.

In order to confront deep-rooted disparities, the Government’s promise to ‘level up’ the country must urgently embed an understanding of gender within the levelling up framework. Senior Research and Engagement Officer Nia Clark explains.

For some, Mother’s Day can be incredibly painful. As the day approaches, the women from our Transforming Services project have written messages of support for mothers who may be struggling during this time.

On Wednesday, March 1st, in partnership with Criminal Justice Alliance, Hibiscus Initiatives, Muslim Women in Prison, Women in Prison and Zahid Mubarek Trust, we held our Tackling Double Disadvantage Action Plan ‘One Year On’ roundtable.

In light of the sentencing of Wayne Couzens and stories of violence in the Met Police, Agenda Alliance, the Fawcett Society, the Runnymede Trust and Muslim Women's Network UK have written to Sir Mark Rowley, Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police.

Speaking with women from our Transforming Services project on International Women's Day, we learnt how their needs as women weren't considered within public services and how they find hope in women only-spaces.

For too long, women who take their own lives following domestic abuse have been overlooked. Nia Clark, Senior Research and Engagement Officer, explains what the government must do to address this.

Agenda Alliance has today published rare data revealing the link between self-harm, suicidal thoughts and attempts and women’s experience of domestic abuse from a partner.

As part of Sexual Abuse and Sexual Violence Awareness Week, our team have produced statements to raise awareness of the realities and prevalence of sexual violence by saying #ItsNotOk.

We’re delighted to announce that Agenda Alliance and the Alliance for Youth Justice (AYJ) have been awarded extension funding from Lloyds Bank Foundation to continue the Young Women’s Justice Project.