Make Invisible Women Visible in the Domestic Abuse Act and VAWG Strategy
The Issue
Nearly one year ago, Killed Women and Southall Black Sisters launched our Invisible Women MADE Visible campaign, exposing the disproportionate impact of domestic abuse and domestic homicide on Black, Minoritised and Migrant (BMM) women, and the systemic failures that continue to deny them equal protection and justice.
One year on, bereaved families are still waiting for meaningful action.
We have heard promises. Now we need delivery.
As the country enters a new chapter under a new Prime Minister and Government, we are calling for a clear commitment—not another review, consultation or pledge—to implement the recommendations of Invisible Women MADE Visible.
Specifically, we are calling on the Government to explicitly recognise Black, Minoritised and Migrant women within the Domestic Abuse Act for the first time, ensuring that legislation properly reflects the disproportionate risks they face and places a clear legal duty on public bodies to respond to those risks.
We also call on the new Prime Minister Andy Burnham and relevant ministers to attend a SBS and Killed Women ministerial roundtable later this year to meet directly with bereaved families and campaign partners, listen to our experiences, and commit to implementing the report’s recommendations with clear timescales and accountability.
We cannot afford another year of broken promises while Black, Minoritised and Migrant women continue to face disproportionate levels of domestic abuse and domestic homicide.
Every woman deserves equal protection under the law.
Yet until Black, Minoritised and Migrant women are explicitly recognised within the review of the Domestic Abuse Act, they will continue to remain at risk of being overlooked in legislation, policy and practice.
Our loved ones should still be here.
Sign this petition and help us ensure that the next year is remembered not for more promises, but for lasting legislative change.
This exclusion costs lives.
Our report ‘Invisible Women’ with Southall Black Sisters (SBS) shows the scale of the failure:
One in four women killed by domestic homicide between 2020–2024 were Black, minoritised or migrant, nearly 50% higher than the general population.
In London, the injustice is even clearer: in 2023, 62% of femicide victims were Black women, despite Black women making up only around 14% of the city’s female population.
These women were not protected. Many asked for help and were ignored.
This is not accidental, it reflects systemic racism, misogyny, and institutional failure, including in policing and public services, as confirmed by the Casey Review.
A Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) strategy that excludes the women most at risk is not fit for purpose!
Our loved ones should still be here.
Sign. Write. Demand change.
Access our Killed Women - Letter Template
Watch our video - YouTube
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The Issue
Nearly one year ago, Killed Women and Southall Black Sisters launched our Invisible Women MADE Visible campaign, exposing the disproportionate impact of domestic abuse and domestic homicide on Black, Minoritised and Migrant (BMM) women, and the systemic failures that continue to deny them equal protection and justice.
One year on, bereaved families are still waiting for meaningful action.
We have heard promises. Now we need delivery.
As the country enters a new chapter under a new Prime Minister and Government, we are calling for a clear commitment—not another review, consultation or pledge—to implement the recommendations of Invisible Women MADE Visible.
Specifically, we are calling on the Government to explicitly recognise Black, Minoritised and Migrant women within the Domestic Abuse Act for the first time, ensuring that legislation properly reflects the disproportionate risks they face and places a clear legal duty on public bodies to respond to those risks.
We also call on the new Prime Minister Andy Burnham and relevant ministers to attend a SBS and Killed Women ministerial roundtable later this year to meet directly with bereaved families and campaign partners, listen to our experiences, and commit to implementing the report’s recommendations with clear timescales and accountability.
We cannot afford another year of broken promises while Black, Minoritised and Migrant women continue to face disproportionate levels of domestic abuse and domestic homicide.
Every woman deserves equal protection under the law.
Yet until Black, Minoritised and Migrant women are explicitly recognised within the review of the Domestic Abuse Act, they will continue to remain at risk of being overlooked in legislation, policy and practice.
Our loved ones should still be here.
Sign this petition and help us ensure that the next year is remembered not for more promises, but for lasting legislative change.
This exclusion costs lives.
Our report ‘Invisible Women’ with Southall Black Sisters (SBS) shows the scale of the failure:
One in four women killed by domestic homicide between 2020–2024 were Black, minoritised or migrant, nearly 50% higher than the general population.
In London, the injustice is even clearer: in 2023, 62% of femicide victims were Black women, despite Black women making up only around 14% of the city’s female population.
These women were not protected. Many asked for help and were ignored.
This is not accidental, it reflects systemic racism, misogyny, and institutional failure, including in policing and public services, as confirmed by the Casey Review.
A Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) strategy that excludes the women most at risk is not fit for purpose!
Our loved ones should still be here.
Sign. Write. Demand change.
Access our Killed Women - Letter Template
Watch our video - YouTube
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Petition created on 17 December 2025