General Election 2019
White Ribbon Day, 25th November, is going to fall in the middle of the general election campaign. We want candidates from all parties to show their commitment to ending make violence against women by making the White Ribbon Promise to never ‘commit, excuse, or remain silent about male violence against women’, #makethepromise and wearing a white ribbon.
What are you doing for White Ribbon Day?
#makethepromise
Every year around November 25th thousands of people in the UK bring come together to raise awareness and work towards ending male violence against women.
This year the theme of White Ribbon Day is “Creating a future without male violence against women” and we are focusing on engaging with young men and boys in particular.
We need to stop honouring men who abuse women
The retired cricketer Geoffrey Boycott, who was given a knighthood on 10th September is not the first, and won’t be the last, convicted abuser to be lauded in public. The way in which society seems to be able to dismiss a man’s violence against a woman when set against some achievement, often sporting, is deeply concerning. In the case of Boycott, he was convicted of assaulting his girlfriend in 1998, given a 3 month suspended sentence and fined £5,300. He lost an appeal.
Violence Against Women: It's Everyone's Issue
Date: 5th June (10am - 3.30pm)
Location: Amnesty International Human Rights Action Centre
Wigan Warriors RLFC take a stand against violence
As part of their upcoming accreditation, Rugby League club Wigan Warriors have developed a campaign against male violence towards women, supported by White Ribbon UK. This is an important moment for sport as the team are a Professional Super League Club and have a large fan base.
'Upskirting' law has been drafted, promising criminalisation of a highly intrusive act
Despite controversial blocking from some MPs, the bill to introduce laws against unconsenting images such as 'upskirt' pictures being taken, the decision was taken today to ban them.
The government has confirmed it will introduce legislation to ban upskirting after a Conservative…
HOPE Not Hate festival in Bradford
Bradford Council hosted the HOPE Not Hate festival last week. Our CEO Anthea Sully was present at our stall, talking to festivalgoers about the importance of the campaign, particularly in music. Ikram Butt, project coordinator for the campaign, gave a rousing speech about audiences being active bystanders and awareness of the issue of violence against women at festivals.
'Shocking' new research into sexual violence at UK music festivals
A recent YouGov report found that one in five festivalgoers – and more than two in five of those who are female and under 40 – say they have been sexually assaulted or harassed at a UK festival.
30% of female festivalgoers of all ages and 43% of those under 40 said they had faced some kind of…
Second annual Jo Cox Memorial Rugby Game takes place in Batley
For the second year running, the Jo Cox Foundation, in conjunction with White Ribbon UK, put on a rugby match in Jo Cox's hometown of Batley on 17th June. As part of this year’s Great Get Together, the British Asian Rugby Association played against the British Bulldogs for the White Ribbon UK Jo Cox Memorial Trophy. The carnival atmosphere continued post-match and into the evening…
Surrey become the second country to gain White Ribbon Accreditation
Surrey are the second full county to gain White Ribbon UK accreditation. Twenty five Ambassadors from Surrey Police, Fire and Rescue Service, and other public sector organisations came together to learn share ideas and build a stronger white ribbon network across the County. Feedback included "Change can happen" "I feel enthused to continue making a difference" "Taking action is easy - we just need…
White Ribbon UK invited to England World Cup warm-up match
Our World Cup campaign was given a massive boost at the England v Costa Rica warm up match which took place at Elland Road, Leeds on 7 June. We were delighted that Ikram Butt, White Ribbon’s sports programme coordinator was invited by the Football Association as a guest to the match, the last of their friendlies for England, prior to their departure heading off to Qatar for the World Cup competition….
Arsenal and Islington Council host five-a-side to highlight threat of domestic abuse spike ahead of World Cup
Last Wednesday saw a well-attended 5-a-side tournament organised by Islington Council and Arsenal In The Community to bring attention to potential rise in Domestic Abuse during World Cup.
Arsenal Community Hub was the ideal venue for this kind of event, and we saw some great…
White Ribbon UK named as Calderdale Mayor's chosen charity
Marcus Thompson, the newly-appointed Mayor of Calderdale, named three charities as his main focus for the year: Halifax Piece Hall, Cycling Without Age, and White Ribbon UK.
We look forward to our continued work with Calderdale Council and Marcus Thompson, and…