The Labour Party has pledged to treat violence against women and girls as a national emergency. Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper emphasized the need for a comprehensive overhaul of the police and criminal justice response, new standards, specialists, and support systems, as well as prevention programs in schools. This initiative aims to address the longstanding issues of violence against women and girls, which have not been taken seriously enough by the police, criminal justice system, and previous governments. The Labour Party's mission includes prioritizing tackling violence against women and girls, addressing coercive control, and implementing multiagency approaches. Sadiq Khan also highlighted the need for change in the criminal justice system. A domestic abuse survivor raised the importance of these issues in a BBC Wales debate.
Important question from this brave domestic abuse survivor on #BBCWalesDebate re the need to prioritise tackling VAWG, getting to grips with coercive control, putting multiagency approaches in place, and tackling the abuse through family court. This is what @UKLabour will do! https://t.co/bUv1yciu2h
Across our country, there is an epidemic of violence against women and girls. As Home Secretary @YvetteCooperMP will treat violence against women and girls as a national emergency - and deliver the change we need in our criminal justice system. https://t.co/J2GnOjXJC0
Violence against women & girls is an epidemic - too many women have been badly let down for too long Time for change. This is a mission for Labour; overhauling police & criminal justice response, new standards, specialists & support, prevention in schools https://t.co/0eB5s5k03g
"Violence against women and girls has just not been taken seriously enough by the police, by the criminal justice system and by governments for far too long." Shadow home secretary @YvetteCooperMP speaks to Sky's @skysarahjane. #SJUK https://t.co/DOWFq8kzyt 📺 Sky 501 https://t.co/kXiOIP14aD
📢 Coming up on The UK Tonight with @skysarahjane... 🟣 We speak to @YvetteCooperMP about how seriously the issue of violence against women and girls is being taken on the run up to the general election ⏰ 8pm 📱 https://t.co/WY7k8twsrS 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 & YT
Violence against women to be treated as 'national emergency' under Labour https://t.co/xjEcpDjKAp
The Standard View: Labour's pledge on violence against women is vital https://t.co/SQFAVp4VxA