Campaigners urge longterm funding, public health programmes and pornography regulation
The government should stop seeking high-profile “quick fixes” to tackle violence against women, and instead launch a major public health campaign, provide long-term funding for the women’s sector and tackle violent pornography, according to campaigners.
Plans to introduce plainclothes police officers in bars to stop perpetrators, as well as better street lighting and more CCTV were derided as “bizarre” and “performative” by campaigners, who implored ministers to listen to those with expertise in the sector to create a long-term plan.
