As part of the development of the new ISVA Service Quality Standards, LimeCulture CIC is working with a number of organisations providing and commissioning ISVA services, as well as policy leads from the Home Office, Ministry of Justice and NHS England. They are seeking responses to a survey from people who have been supported by an ISVA:
- What was positive about your experience of ISVA services?
- What difficulties, if any, did you experience in finding out about ISVA services, accessing or receiving ISVA services?

Is ‘revenge porn’ a sexual offence? Yes is the clear answer given by many victims. But the Government continues to claim that ‘revenge porn’ – the non-consensual sharing of sexual images – is not a sexual offence, meaning that victims are not entitled to automatic anonymity when reporting to the police. Read the latest blog post, ‘Revenge Porn' And Upskirting Remind Us Sexual Offending Is Not About Sexual Arousal by Professor Clare McGlynn. 

A list offering guidance to those affected by smart home devices being used to control or harass them within abusive relationships has been published online. The UK team behind the "tech abuse" list, including researchers from Privacy International and University College London, says it was created to "better inform and guide victims of technology-facilitated abuse as well as those working with them". Read the full BBC news article here. 

The Social Policy article collection from Bristol University has made several texts, including a number of VAWG-related articles, freely accessible during July to mark the Social Policy Association Annual Conference.