From domestic violence to rape conviction rates to hate crime, women are being failed by those who are meant to protect us

The last known sighting of Bibaa Henry alive was on her birthday. She was excited, heading for a celebratory summer picnic in the park with her half-sister Nicole Smallman. Pictures later recovered from their phones showed the two women dancing exuberantly in the dark, waving fairy lights around.

It was Nicole’s boyfriend who eventually found their bodies, after what her grieving mother later described as a frustratingly slow police response to reports they were missing.

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