VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN DECLARED A 'NATIONAL EMERGENCY'
- Grace Boyle
- Sep 24, 2024
- 3 min read
VAWG has increased by 37% in the past 4 years.
The Police of England and Wales have revealed 2 million women a year are estimated to be victims of male violence.
Violence against women and girls include crimes of harassment, stalking, sexual assault, rape, domestic abuse, serious sexual offences, child abuse and exploitation and online/technology enabled VAWG.
From 2018/19 to 2022/23, NPCC reports of VAWG-related crime increased by 37%. These figures are from the first NPCC national Analysis of the scale of VAWG in England and Wales.
Senior police officer Maggie Blyth has said influencers online and on social media are driving boys and young men into extreme misogyny. Perpetrators are getting younger proven in 2022 and where age was known, 52% of Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation (CSAE) perpetrators were children aged 10-17 with the most common age being 14 years old.
She said, "We know that some of this is also linked to radicalisation of young people online, we know the influencers, Andrew Tate, the element of influencing of particularly boys, is quite terrifying and that's something that both the leads for counterterrorism in the country and ourselves from a VAWG [violence against women and girls] perspective are discussing."
British-American influencer and self-proclaimed misogynist Andrew Tate, who has amassed 9.9million followers on X, is currently awaiting trial over allegations of rape, human-trafficking, and exploitation of women gang activity- charges in which he denies.
Not only have the police ensured violence against women and girls is now classed as a national threat by the government but also Keir Starmer has plans to half the statistic within the next 10 years. He said commitment personal, he said: “My daughter is now a teenager, I want her and her friends to go through her secondary school years feeling safe.”
The 4P’s model of policing counter-terrorism has been introduced to reflect how seriously policing takes VAWG.
DCC Maggie Blyth said “we continue to work at pace to make our response to VAWG more consistent, by; relentlessly pursuing high harm and repeat perpetrators; by preparing to more effectively respond by improving our workforce capability and culture; by protecting victims; and by delivering on our statutory commitments to prevent VAWG happening in the first place”.
Content Warning: This article mentions statistics and descriptions of violence against women.
For Support or Guidance:
National Domestic Abuse Helpline:he free National Domestic Abuse Helpline is available 24 hours a day, all-year-round on: 0808 2000 247.
Online chat is available Monday to Fridays, between 3pm and 6pm.
ManKind Initiative: ManKind Initiative offers support to male victims, to enable them and any children to escape from the domestic abuse.
For confidential help, male victims of domestic abuse should call: 01823 334244
Further information is available on ManKind’s website.
Support at Newcastle University:
Northumbria SARC: Northumbria’s SARC offer free, confidential healthcare and support to people that have experienced sexual violence, call their telephone 0300 233 0099 (open 24 hours a day, every day of the year) or email Newcastle.SARC@nhs.net.
Online contact form if you are a student or a staff member on behalf of a consenting student. The form will allow you the option to tell us about what has happened either anonymously or with your contact details attached.
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