by Nicki Francomb | May 5, 2023
Submitted by: The Prison Reform Trust; Proposer: Juliet Lyon, Director (Prison Reform Trust); Seconder: Wendy, Recruitment Manager, former prisoner The National Council of Women, noting with concern the excessive numbers of women in prison in the UK, (i) aware that...
by Nicki Francomb | May 5, 2023
Submitted by: Management Committee, NCW The National Council of Women, concerned by reports of forced marriages and aware of the report on Forced Marriage by the House of Commons Home Affairs Committee (Home Affairs Committee – Eighth Report on Forced marriage –...
by Nicki Francomb | Apr 28, 2023
Submitted by: The Prison Reform Trust and NCW Social and Employment Policy Committee The National Council of Women noting with concern the disproportionate numbers of children in care, or who have experienced care, who are involved in the criminal justice system in...
by Nicki Francomb | Apr 28, 2023
Submitted by: NCW Health Committee NCW, aware that Types 1,2 and 3 of Female Genital Mutilation are clearly observable and recordable but that other forms of FGM are not, urges HMG to give a category of FGM Type 4 to those other forms of abuse. This would give...
by Nicki Francomb | Apr 28, 2023
Submitted by: NCW Darlington & District Branch NCW urges HM Government to take steps to ensure that: The number of women being given a prison sentence is reduced The quality and quantity of alternatives to a prison sentence, for women and especially for women with...
