Not enough in Britain Shelter for women escape from domestic violence And austerity has left the police and the justice system has fought to deal with violence against women and girls, warning by an European guard.
Experts at the Council of Europe found that the country’s ability to fulfill its obligations under the Istanbul Conference over the years of cost cuts has had a “significant impact”, for which member nations need to compete. violence against women And domestic misconduct.
A 130-stage report published on Wednesday found that although the UK has followed the “solid policy agenda”, austerity is austerity. Important services weakened And women’s rights organizations, left them “less and understood”.
The first evaluation of the council by its group of experts on action against violence against women and domestic violence (Grewio) found a decrease in shelter sites for women who abuse, which suggests that there are only 5,238 family places in the UK.
The conference states that countries should target a family space per 10,000 population. Depending on a population of 68 million, this will require at least 6,800 family places.
“Gravio distanced away from shelters in all four countries with a report of serious concern of women and children, as the ability to overtake the capacity,” assessment said. Independent Last year which came out Six of the ten women seeking shelter in England were denied one place.,
Of 27,754 women who were sent to asylum between April 2022 and March 2023, only 10,824 were accepted. Some 16,930 women were left not to go anywhere – the equal to a woman goes away every two hours.
The independents Brick campaign by brick Last year, for women who misbehaved with asylum, they raised about £ 600,000 to create two new safe havens.
Gravio said that in all four countries of Britain, “there was an urgent need to increase shelter distribution” and ensure that safety standards are complied with.
Experts warned the lack of funding, the board had a “major issue” and called for being a “full priority” for investment, saying: “Whether it was police, social service, health or justice system, the impact of years of penance and lack of funds for the statutory agencies have a significant impact for the implementation of the relevant provisions of the Estabulous Conference due to lack of funds.
“Understanding important health and law-enforcement services one has to wait longer for victims of violence to get psychological counseling and healthcare, and there is a long processing time for police reports and investigation, with prolonged delay in processing of cases before criminal and civil courts.”
According to Teh Charity Rape Crisis, rape victims waited for more than two years on average for the case to take the case and sexual offense backlog on a record of 11,918.
The evaluation of Gravio also stated that there was a clear connection between law enforcement officers, prosecutors and judges and inadequate training of “severe low” charging rates for violence against women.
The report said that only 6 per cent of police investigation in adult rape shows that the allegations have been made between October and December 2023. To prevent crimes, only 6.6 percent reports CPS charge a suspect, and only 1.4 percent is punished as a result.
Experts called more law enforcement and legal professionals, which are special for action to support female victims of violence and to reduce waiting time.
The report also caused access to the access of women disabled women, ethnic minorities and women belonging to the services for migrant women and girls.
He also raised “serious concerns” about the safety of housing to women during the proceedings of rape, sexual harassment and attack, after the “dangerous” reports of the attack.
In a written response to the Gravio report, the UK government said that the scale of violence against women and girls (Vawg) is “unbearable”.
The statement of the house office stated that it will take a “transformative” approach to fulfill the government, public services, private sector, private sector and labor manifesto.
“Later this year, the UK government will publish a new violence against the strategy of women and girls (VAWG), which will determine the strategic direction and concrete actions to distribute the government’s ambition in a decade,” the response said.
“This will be outlined by an evidence-based principle of change to ensure that our approach be informed by the best available evidence.”
Although the UK has left the European Union, it remains a part of the 46-Nation Council of Europe, focused on promoting human rights, democracy and law rule in the entire continent.
