Response by Rape Crisis (England and Wales) to Rape: The Victim Experience Review
Posted on November 27, 2009
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Rape Crisis (England and Wales) welcomes the Violence against Women and Girls Strategy launched today with its commitment to joined up working across government departments. The strategy ensures that tackling violence against women is a clear priority within health, schools and the criminal justice system. The consultation encouraged women throughout England and Wales to raise and discuss issues about violence, thousands took part and more than 300 individual women attended focus groups – sometimes at the expense of their own personal safety.
Whilst we welcome the strategy, we are disappointed that it does not go far enough; most specifically the lack of mandatory training on sexual violence issues for all police force areas and for social workers. Also absent is the promised future sustainable funding for Rape Crisis. We are concerned that many of the Actions and Recommendations highlighted within the strategy will lead to an increase in referrals to Rape Crisis Centres; and that without adequate resources to meet that extra demand, Centres will continue to struggle to survive.
See: Rape: The Victim Experience Review
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