Report Summary
A Public Briefing on Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG). Published in February 2024.
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Authority oversight
In 2021 the Authority agreed joint equality outcomes with Police Scotland that included a commitment to ensuring women and girls at risk of becoming victims of violence, and those facing violence, are safer and confident that the police are responsive to their needs. Progress against this outcome was reported in April 2023.
Police Scotland brought a paper on VAWG to the Authority’s Policing Performance Committee in December 2021 and the Authority in January 2022.
In August 2022, the Authority hosted a VAWG seminar in conjunction with Police Scotland and COSLA. The aim of this seminar was to involve stakeholders in the development of the Police Scotland VAWG Strategy. In March 2023, Police Scotland presented the Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy and Implementation Plan to PPC and then to the Authority for endorsement.
In April 2023, the Authority reiterated that it welcomed Police Scotland’s commitment to a society safe for women and girls. Authority staff sit on Police Scotland’s Stakeholder VAWG Strategic Oversight Board, established in April 2023.
