The data comes two months after the release of the government’s new Tackling Violence against Women and Girls Strategy; launched in light of the increased public attention, anger and distress about violence against women and girls following the murders of Sarah Everard, Bibaa Henry, Nicole Smallman and many others.
Rebecca Hitchen, Head of Policy and Campaigns at the EVAW Coalition, said:
“This data confirms what we know: that violence against women and girls remains a constant threat in every sphere of existence.
Women’s inequality is impacting their rights and freedom to be safe from threats of violence.
Women are tired of constantly undertaking personal risk assessments and invisible safety work to keep themselves safe from male violence.
“This data comes on the heels of the government’s new Tackling Violence against Women and Girls Strategy and the Safer Streets Fund; both of which aim to prevent and improve responses to VAWG but fall short by failing to tackle the root causes of VAWG.
Street harassment and threats of violence do not exist in a vacuum; they are part of a broader issue of violence against women and girls that is underpinned by women’s inequality, male power and control.- Combat our curfew
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