This is the joint website of Women Against Rape and Black Women's Rape Action Project. Both organisations are based on self-help and provide support, legal information and advocacy. We campaign for justice and protection for all women and girls, including asylum seekers, who have suffered sexual, domestic and/or racist violence.

WAR was founded in 1976. It has won changes in the law, such as making rape in marriage a crime, set legal precedents and achieved compensation for many women. BWRAP was founded in 1991. It focuses on getting justice for women of colour, bringing out the particular discrimination they face. It has prevented the deportation of many rape survivors. Both organisations are multiracial.

False allegations or miscarriages of justice?

WAR's submission to CPS Consultation on Guidelines for prosecution

This is a PDF file, you can open it using Adobe Acrobat Reader, which can be downloaded free from the internet

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Open Letter to Keir Starmer RE: Consultation on alleged false allegations of rape

We strongly believe that the prosecution of women for alleged false allegations of rape is not in the public interest. This is because:
• It distracts from the true rape scandal that over 90% of rapists get away with it since 90% of rapes are never reported, up to 45% of reports are no-crimed, and the conviction rate for reported rape is 6.5%.

• It gives the misleading impression that false allegations are a major problem when they are in fact extremely rare.

• It deters rape survivors from coming forward. Survivors do a public service by reporting dangerous men so they can be stopped from raping again. This should be encouraged. But many women are now afraid to report in case they are disbelieved and sent to jail.

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