These four steps have brought us closer to ending violence against women

It’s important to recognise the progress we’ve made as charities, campaigners and activists continue to drive positive change (Picture: Getty Images)

Wendy Francis. Rachel McDaid. Tara Kershaw. Sarah Mayhew. Just four of the women who were murdered by men this year. 

The needless loss of women’s lives to men’s violence is a deepening epidemic and the statistics are bleak, with the Femicide Census finding that a woman has been killed by a man once every three days in the UK for the past 10 years.