WEVAW 2024 Shortlist
2024 Write to End Violence Against Women Awards Finalists Announced
We are pleased to announce the finalists for the 2024 Write to End Violence Against Women Awards. These entries exemplify powerful journalism that helps end violence against women and girls. Our expert steering group thoughtfully selected each finalist in recognition of their dedication to challenging societal norms and amplifying the voices of those impacted by men’s violence against women and girls.
We’re delighted to present outstanding writing across five categories:
- News
- Features
- Best Investigation
- Opinion and Comment
- Broadcast – Experts’ Pick
NEWS
Rape victim facing six-year trial delay says justice system has ‘revictimised’ her by Martin Evans
04.02.24, The Telegraph
Forced marriage cases will stay ‘underground’ after law change by Shehnaz Khan
15.02.24, BBC News
‘I was told not to have therapy because it could let my rapist walk free’ by Connie Dimsdale
15.02.24, iNews
Crown Prosecution Service lawyers trivialise teen sexual abuse, report says by Alexandra Topping
11.03.24, The Guardian
London man jailed for ‘stealthing’ after removing condom without consent by Haroon Siddique
13.06.24, The Guardian
BEST INVESTIGATION
Premier League teams are playing footballers facing abuse claims by Hannah Price
30.11.23, BBC News
Mental health patients ‘raped and sexually assaulted’ as NHS abuse scandal revealed
by Rebecca Thomas and Rob Mulhern
29.01.24, The Independent and Sky News
A war on two fronts: How the British military fails women who report rapes by Sian Norris
13.06.24, Open Democracy
Kristoffer Whirte:TBJI wins court battle to publish name of sex offender
Mother ‘devastated’ after rapist father granted contact with child
Serial Rapist Stripped of parental responsibility
by Hannah Summers
16.07-15.09.24, The Bureau of Investigative Journalism
FEATURES
Inside the Taylor Swift deepfake scandal: ‘It’s men telling a powerful woman to get back in her box’ by Emine Saner
31.01.24, The Guardian
Britain’s Asylum Process Endangers Sexual Violence Survivors by Amandas Ong
07.04.24, Jacobin
The women who knew they’d be killed – and the police who did nothing to stop it by Sophie Gallagher
03.07.24, iNews
Portugal: Police Brutality Against Black Women and Claudia Simões’ Battle for Justice by Jamila Pereira
12.08.24, Migrant Women Press
It’s Time To Connect The Dots Between Stories About Gendered Violence And What Causes It by Gina Martin
18.09.24, Elle
OPINION AND COMMENT
We must fix our broken legal system to help protect women from sexual abuse by Cherie Blair
11.10.23, The Independent
Why does Cassie’s trauma need to be seen to be believed? by Mireille Harper
21.05.24, Glamour
Gisèle Pélicot is a one-woman challenge to the still too common myths about rape by Yvonne Roberts
15.09.24, The Observer
My stalker said he’d kill me – but the police just laughed at his d*** pics by Emily Sheffield
21.09.24, The Independent
I survived child sex abuse – here’s why Huw Edwards’s sentencing matters by Hannah Shewan Stevens
18.09.24, The Independent
A summer defined by men killing women and girls. This can’t go on by Frances Ryan
29.08.24, The Guardian
BROADCAST EXPERTS’ PICK
To be announced
