News and updates
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News and updates
Read the latest updates and news from the National Women’s Justice Coalition and our Partners and Friends.
Treasures Foundation is now a Friend of the NWJC
Treasures Foundation was founded by Mandy Ogunmokun, originally for women leaving Holloway prison. The charity’s vision is for a society where vulnerable women with histories of substance misuse…
£3 million funding agreement marks a major milestone for Effective Women’s Centres Partnership
The Henry Smith Foundation, one of the largest independent funders in the UK, is providing £1.5 million in matched funding to The JABBS Foundation for Women and Girls to scale up the Effective Women’s…
UK Women’s Budget Group is now a Friend of the NWJC
Our previous collaborative work with the Women’s Budget Group has enabled us to publish critical new data about the extent of the funding gap women’s organisations are currently challenged…
CCJS becomes a Friend of the NWJC
As a coalition with a social justice focus and a commitment to improving outcomes for women and girls, the NWJC seeks out opportunities to collaborate with other organisations from across the women’s …
NWJC responds to Independent Sentencing Review report
We are particularly encouraged to see the report acknowledge and evidence the central and valuable role the voluntary sector has to play in supporting these critical reforms, not least women’s organis…
Women’s organisations are struggling to survive – according to latest data
A new briefing paper published today by the National Women’s Justice Coalition (NWJC) and the UK Women’s Budget Group (WBG) presents shocking new data about the extent of the funding gap w…
NWJC chairs online discussion on how to make the justice system work for women
We were delighted to see some 200 activists, practitioners, policy specialists and researchers join the online panel discussion we co-hosted with the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies (CCJS) on Tue…
Prison Service Journal focuses on women’s justice issues and solutions
We are pleased to see the latest edition of the Prison Service Journal, published today (March 12, 2025), has a specific focus on women’s justice issues and solutions.
With contributions from many NWJ…
New report published by NWJC & CCJS argues the justice system redesign must not fail women
Women’s centres and a public health approach must be at the heart of a bold agenda to deliver a justice system that works for women.
This is the overarching call from a new report, published today by…
Three more justice specialist organisations become Friends of the NWJC
The NWJC continually welcomes opportunities to work more closely with other criminal justice specialist organisations that share our values and are striving to improve outcomes for people in contact w…
NWJC’s response to the new Sentencing Council guidelines
The National Women’s Justice Coalition welcomes the revised Imposition of Community and Custodial Sentences Guideline published by the Sentencing Council on March 5, 2025, and is collectively di…
NWJC leads discussions on ‘where next?’ for justice for women
The Clinks and The Weavers’ Company Justice and Women: A New Direction summit in London last week convened over 200 people with a common goal, to explore “where next” for justice for women?
Repr…