News - Agenda Alliance

Child Q Has Been Severely Let Down. We Know That This is the Tip of the Iceberg...

18 Mar 2022

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 Reveals Criminal Justice System Harming Vulnerable Girls and Young Women

4 Mar 2022

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.

Prison Report Highlights Shocking Rates of Self-Harm Across Women's Prisons

22 Feb 2022

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.

Agenda Responds to the Government Levelling Up White Paper

7 Feb 2022

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.

Government Must Tackle 'Persistent Racism and Gender Inequality' in CJS

31 Jan 2022

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.

We Must Stop Overlooking Young Women in the Criminal Justice System

13 Jan 2022

Jessica Southgate and Pippa Goodfellow discuss our Young Women’s Justice Project, which aims to shine a light on the experiences of young women in contact with the criminal justice system.

New ONS Analysis on the Prevalence and Impact of VAWG

25 Nov 2021

New analysis from the Office for National Statistics underlines not only the prevalence of violence against women and girls (VAWG), but also the devastating long-term impact.

Number of Self-Inflicted Deaths By Women Prison Leavers Reaches Highest Level in 10 Years

29 Oct 2021

Policy Manager Maithreyi Rajeshkumar comments on newly released MoJ figures and worrying trend of self-inflicted deaths by women upon leaving prison.

New Data Shows Black and Minoritised Girls More Than Twice as Likely to be Excluded

23 Sep 2021

New data uncovered by Agenda from Department of Education shows that Black and minoritised girls are experiencing some of the highest rates of exclusion in schools across England.

Self-Harm Rates For Women in Prison Continue to Rise

29 Jul 2021

Jemima Olchawski, CEO of Agenda, the alliance for women and girls at risk, comments on the increase in self-harm rates amongst women in custody.

Agenda Responds to the Government's Refreshed VAWG Strategy

28 Jul 2021

Agenda responds to the government's refreshed Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) Strategy.

Women and Girls Are Not Safe in Custody

30 Apr 2021

New data published by the Ministry of Justice shows that women and girls are not safe in custody as self-harm, assaults and use of force soar.