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.
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…
NWJC co-hosts parliamentary roundtable on maternal imprisonment
On 28 January 2025, the National Women’s Justice Coalition co-hosted a roundtable discussion on the topic of maternal imprisonment in partnership with Birth Companions and Crest Advisory, a crime and …
NWJC joins calls for Justice Secretary to address recall failures
We are one of a number of legal, women’s and prison reform organisations that are supporting an open letter to the Justice Secretary, the Rt Hon Shabana Mahmood, asking her to revoke Gaie Delap’s reca…
Voluntary sector organisations map their vision for the Women’s Justice Board in an open letter to Government
The National Women’s Justice Coalition (NWJC) and partners from across the voluntary sector have come together to share their vision for the new Women’s Justice Board and to urge Government not to ove…
NWJC makes joint submission to the Independent Sentencing Review Panel
The NWJC welcomes the Independent Sentencing Review as an opportunity to fundamentally re-think and reform how sentencing works for women and girls in England and Wales.
We know that most women in pri…