Voices: From Andrew Tate to revenge porn, women are facing new threats – and we’re sick of it
by Yvette Cooper and Shabana Mahmood
Nov 28, 2023
3 minutes
Twenty years ago this week, the last Labour government introduced the Sexual Offences Act – a landmark law which led to major changes in the way the police and courts dealt with violence against women and girls.
It was an important step – by 2010, more cases were reaching and being convicted in court, and the number of victims of domestic abuse and sexual offences had fallen by one-third. However, since then progress has been far too slow, and in some areas things have .
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