Austerity has hit the UK’s ability to tackle violence against women, European watchdog warns
A European observer, Britain, has not enough shelter for women who escaped from domestic violence, and fought to fight the arco squeezing police and justice system to combat violence against women and girls.
Experts from the Council of Europe found that the cost -reduction measures that lasted for years were “important results ve in the ability of the country to fulfill its obligations under the Istanbul Convention, which required member states to fight against violence against women and domestic abuse.
A 130 -page report published on Wednesday found that despite British a “solid policy agenda ,, it weakened the important services and women’s rights organizations and“ inadequate and insufficient ”.
The first assessment of the council by the group of experts in action against violence against women (Grevio) (Grevio) found a shortcoming for women who escaped from abuse, and the data showed that there were only 5,238 family places in the UK.
Congress says that countries should target a family place per 10,000 population. Based on a population of 68 million, this will require at least 6,800 family places.
The evaluation said, as a result of more capacity than demand, it is about serious concern reports that they have moved away from shelters in four countries in four countries, ”he said. Independent Last year, he revealed six of ten women looking for a shelter in England.
Only 10,824 of 27,754 women who were referred to a shelter between April 2022 and March 2023 were adopted. About 16,930 women have no place to leave – the equivalent of a woman’s rejection every two hours.
Independent The brick campaign, which took refuge last year, gathered about £ 600,000 to build two new safe paradise for women who escaped from abuse.
Strike said that the UK is an u urgent need to increase the housing distribution ve and enables the safety standards to comply with in all four countries of the United Kingdom.
Experts warned that the lack of financing is a “important issue in the board of directors and called for investment:“ Whether the Police, Social Services, Health or Justice System, Decorating for Years, and Reducing Finance for Legal Agencies, and the relevant provisions of the Istanbul Convention.
“Inadequate health and law enforcement services, psychological counseling and health services for victims of victims of violence and long delays in the processing of penalties and civil courts in addition to long delays in the processing of police reports and investigations lead to long trading periods.”
According to the congratulatory crisis, rape victims are waiting for more than two years for the trial of the case and the accumulation of sexual crime.
Gravio’s assessment also said that there is also a clear connection between law enforcement officers, inadequate education of prosecutors and judges and the “critical low” wage rates for violence against women.
The report shows that only 6 percent of the police investigations on adult rape resulted in an accusation between October and December 2023. To follow the crimes, only 6.6 percent of the reports caused CPS to charge a suspect, and only 1.4 percent resulted in conviction.
Experts called for more law enforcement and legal professionals who specialized in the action of supporting and reducing the waiting times of women violence.
In the report, access to services for immigrant women and girls and disabled women brought up concerns about the ethnic minorities and the elderly.
In addition, after rape, sexual harassment and attack reports, they provided “serious concerns ında about the safety of accommodation presented to women during the asylum procedures after the“ worrying ”reports.
In a written response to Grevio’s report, the British government said that the scale of violence against women and girls (VAWG) was “unbearable”.
In a statement of the Ministry of Interior, Labour will take a “transformative an approach between the government, public services, private sector and charities to meet the promise of halving VAWG in the next decade.
“Later in this year, the United Kingdom government will publish a new strategy to determine strategic direction and concrete actions to fulfill the passion of VAWG levels in ten years,” he said.
“This will be supported by a evidence -based theory of change to ensure that our approach is informed with the best evidence.”
Although British has left the European Union, the 46 Nation continues to be part of the Council of Europe, which focuses on encouraging human rights, democracy and the rule of law on the continent.
