A ministerial oversight group for the strategy ‘only met four times in three years’
Government efforts in recent years to tackle violence against women have failed, watchdog says
A government strategy to stop violence against women set up in the wake of the killings of Sarah Everard and Sabina Nessa has failed, a watchdog has ruled.
Despite spending millions, the victims of violence against women and girls (VAWG) have not had improved outcomes with an “epidemic” of violence spiralling out of control.
VAWG is a “significant and growing problem” affecting one in 12 women, the National Audit Office (NAO) said, that the adding the Home Office “is not currently leading an effective cross-government response”.
Government efforts in recent years to tackle violence against women have failed, watchdog says