AN independent taskforce has been launched to tackle violence against women and girls in Jersey.
To help shape a strategy to target the crime, Islanders are being asked to share their views and experiences in three different ways: an online survey; a testimony submission and an online safety heatmap.
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The survey invites all Islanders to contribute their views and opinions on the crime, and respondents do not need to have any direct experience themselves.
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The ‘Share Your Story’ testimony allows victims to share their experience in their own words and make their own recommendations for reform.
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The online safety heatmap allows Islanders to identify places that make them feel unsafe, explain why and suggest what the government can do to help.
The call for evidence will remain open until 10 December. The findings will then be analysed and a report containing recommendations for the government will be published by April 2023.
The taskforce will be conducting a separate piece of research with specialist support service providers, children and young people and victims and survivors to discuss the crime in more depth.
Home Affairs Minister Helen Miles said: ‘The launch of the taskforce is fundamental to our Island’s progress in tackling all forms of violence against women and girls. I’m grateful to the members of the taskforce for their dedication to the cause and look forward to the findings that will shape a strategy to make a real difference to Islanders.’
Kate Wright, independent chair of the taskforce, added: ‘I’m proud to be the chair of such an important group, an issue I am personally passionate about tackling, and believe we have a real opportunity to influence how future generations understand and experience this type of abuse.
‘I would encourage all Islanders who are willing and able, to share their views and experience through the call for evidence. The taskforce has already met and we are all agreed that input from Islanders is fundamental to how successful we are at driving forward this important piece of work.’
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To take part in the call for evidence click here.
