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[Report of the Director for Public Health. To be introduced by the Cabinet Member for Communities.]The Violence Against Women and Girls 2016-2026 Strategy outlines Haringey's approach to addressing and preventing violence against women and girls in the next ten years.
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The Cabinet Member for Communities introduced the report which sought agreement to a 10 year Violence against Women and Girls Strategy (2016-2026).
The Strategy set out, in detail, the borough’s strategic approach to not just improving the health, safety and wellbeing of women and girls in the borough but also ensuring that they can have fulfilling lives. It had been completed alongside community organisations and voluntary sector in the borough and advocated a co-ordinated community response whilst also emphasising the importance of holding perpetrators to account.
The Council drew up the draft strategy with the community and launched a 10 week consultation on the strategy which had elicited over 300 responses. It was important to note that 90% of the young people responding to the consultation were under the age of 18 which helped taking forward the early preventative nature of this work.
In response to Councillor Engert’s questions the following information was noted:
RESOLVED
1. To consider and take into account the feedback from the consultation and the equalities impact assessment;
2. To approve the Violence against Women and Girls Strategy (2016-2026) and to support the future development of action plans that underpin the work of the Strategy.
Reasons for decision
The Strategy sets out our 10 year ambitions (2016-2026) for addressing and preventing violence against women and girls in Haringey.
The Strategy covers four key priorities: developing a coordinated community response; prevention; support for victim/survivors and holding perpetrators accountable.
The Strategy has been developed in partnership with a wide range of statutory, voluntary and community organisations from across Haringey. We have utilised existing evidence around ‘what works’ in addressing and preventing violence against women and girls. We will ensure that we co-produce all of our action plans with communities and survivors to ensure that we deliver meaningful change.
We have consulted widely with partners and local residents over a 10 week period to ensure that we have ensured that our approach will work with all stakeholders across the borough (see 6.3).
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