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Today’s Department of Education statistics on permanent exclusions and suspensions reveal that the pandemic has taken its toll on girls most in terms of disciplinary action in schools. Our CEO, Indy Cross, shares her concerns about these figures.

A Justice Committee Report on Women in Prison has found that little progress has been made by the government to address the challenges faced by women in the criminal justice system.

On Tuesday 19th July, Agenda held a joint roundtable with Anne Longfield and the Commission on Young Lives (COYL) on girls affected by criminal exploitation and violence.

Indy Cross, Chief Executive of Agenda, responds to the government’s recently published Women’s Health Strategy, calling it "a welcome step to addressing the gender health gap".

On Tuesday, 28th June, Agenda and the Alliance for Youth Justice (AYJ) held a Parliamentary Reception to discuss ways to effectively respond to the needs of young women in contact with the criminal justice system.

The pandemic sharpened social inequalities, widening pre-existing divisions in society and significantly impacting girls and women facing multiple disadvantage.

Agenda welcomes the Government's Domestic Abuse plan, which acknowledges the scale and severity of abuse experienced by women and girls.

Indy Cross, Chief Executive of Agenda, responds to the case of Child Q and discusses how to tackle the racial discrimination experienced by Black and minoritised girls.

New report published today by Agenda and the Alliance for Youth Justice lays bare the experiences of vulnerable girls and young women in the criminal justice system and calls on the Ministry of Justice to make urgent reforms.

A women’s prison has been assessed by HM Inspectorate of Prisons (HMIP) as ‘poor’ for safety in a “rare and unexpected finding” in a recent inspection.

While the Government’s ambition to ‘level up’ the country is to be welcomed, at the heart of these plans, we need decisive action from leaders to improve gender inequality at both national and regional level.

A coalition of expert organisations is today presenting the Government with a 10-point action plan to tackle persistent inequalities experienced by Black, Asian, minoritised, and migrant women in the criminal justice system.