1. Women seeking asylum and the Protection Gap Debora Singer Policy and Research Manager Asylum Aid

2. The Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999 Sexual Offences Act 2003 Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003 Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 (forced marriage)

3. DIRECTIVE 2012/29/EU OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 25 October 2012 establishing minimum standards on the rights, support and protection of victims of crime

6. United Nations CEDAW/C/GC/32 Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women 14 November 2014 Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women General recommendation No. 32 on the gender-related dimensions of refugee status, asylum, nationality and statelessness of women

8. Our starting point with allegations of child sexual abuse or serious sexual assault is to believe the victim until we identify reasonable cause to believe otherwise. The Metropolitan Police Service September 2015

11. Falling at each hurdle: Credibility assessments in women's asylum claims Film by Asylum Aid

12. Corroborative evidence Standard of proof Oral testimony

13. The Protection Gap campaign

14. provide information about the asylum process, rights and entitlements specific to women seeking asylum

15. guarantee the right to request a female interviewer and interpreter

16. deliver comprehensive training for interviewers and interpreters on sexual violence, trauma and memory

17. provide childcare during screening and asylum interviews

18. provide trauma counselling for women who have experienced gender-based harm