PM Keir Starmer talks with Year 7 and 13 pupils and teachers as he visits St Mary Magdalene school where he met with young people to discuss issues surrounding violence against women and girls, on December 17, 2025.

If you blinked and missed the VAWG strategy unveiling from the government, it’s not your fault. It was delivered at 1pm at a time when everyone is hurriedly finishing for Christmas – to a parliament of about 20 people. Hardly the fanfare that such an incredibly important strategy needs and deserves.

The brutal reality is that violence against women has been getting worse, and with no end in sight, it was recognised by the government that we need to tackle rising misogyny in the UK.

The long-awaited VAWG strategy from Keir Starmer and the government has attempted to do exactly this – claiming to be the most radical solution yet. Jess Phillips confirmed that this government wants to be the most ambitious they have ever been, seeking to prevent VAWG in the first place.

But if this is the case, why is prevention limited to misogyny classes and image sharing? Rape exists outside of classrooms and mobile........

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