{"id":45114,"date":"2021-11-22T19:08:10","date_gmt":"2021-11-22T19:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/?p=45114"},"modified":"2021-12-19T18:24:14","modified_gmt":"2021-12-19T18:24:14","slug":"violent-crimes-against-women-in-the-uk-will-now-share-the-same-status-as-terrorism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/violent-crimes-against-women-in-the-uk-will-now-share-the-same-status-as-terrorism\/","title":{"rendered":"Violent crimes against women are now to be the same status as terrorism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Violence against women and girls to the same status as terrorist attacks, severe crime and child sexual abuse, the government suggests.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Brutality against women is planned to be added to the \u201cstrategic policing requirement\u201d, which means that the government will demand police to handle this matter as one of the top priorities because of mass violence against women nationwide.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.co.uk\/article\/violent-crime-against-women-gets-the-same-status-as-terrorist-attacks-5tp2fn3pv\">The Times<\/a> has said: &#8220;Chief constables will be mandated to increase resources and combine capabilities in a drastic effort to drive up rape convictions, which have reached historically low levels.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The directive followed the murder of Sarah Everard that happened on the 3<sup>\u00a0<\/sup>of March, 2021, which\u00a0led to to increased discussion regarding the topic of women&#8217;s safety in the UK. From this,\u00a0the Government made an effort to create <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/millions-awarded-for-new-projects-to-keep-women-safe\">safety bids<\/a> by giving \u00a35 million to 22 organisations nationwide to upgrade the safety of women and girls at night.<\/p>\n<p>According to\u00a0The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/society\/2021\/nov\/04\/highest-ever-number-of-rapes-recorded-in-england-and-wales\">Guardian<\/a>, by the end of June 2021, a total of 61,158 rape cases were recorded in England and Wales, which is the highest recording to date. However in an article by The Times, it was said that in 2019, only 1,109 of 57,000 rape cases were reported.<\/p>\n<p>From this, others crimes against females are not tackled well either.\u00a0In 2021, a number of 846,235\u00a0domestic violence cases was registered. In terms of stalking and harassing, offenders usually are only given informal punishments like rehabilitation courses or an apology to the victim.<\/p>\n<p>This is how the Women\u2019s Equality Party reacted to the new government\u2019s directive:<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/WEP_UK\/status\/1462693008684556291?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/WEP_UK\/status\/1462701385506508800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Finally! With <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WEP_UK?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@WEP_UK<\/a> and others I\u2019ve long been calling for male violence against women and girls to be recognised and dealt with as a national threat on par with terrorism. It just goes to show the impact relentless campaigning can have. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7v1axn1xBB\">https:\/\/t.co\/7v1axn1xBB<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Mandu Reid (@ManduReid) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ManduReid\/status\/1462756876978958340?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 22, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The UK government\u2019s decision to tackle crimes against women more seriously is a much-needed step towards a safer and brighter present and future. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Want to read more? 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