Decision Maker: Cabinet

Outcome: Recommendations Approved

Is Key Decision?: No

Is Callable In?: No

Date of Decision: October 16, 2024

Purpose: The Council’s VAWG and Women’s Safety Strategy 2024-29, produced through extensive engagement with residents, partners and stakeholders through the VAWG Needs Assessment and strategy workshops.

Content: DECISION   1.    Approve the council’s Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) and Women’s Safety Strategy (Appendix 1 to the report).   2.    Acknowledge that addressing and preventing violence against women and girls requires a whole system response and consider how members can support the delivery of this across the organisation, improving and strengthening system leadership of this cross cutting and critical agenda.   3.    Requests that the Corporate Director for Health and Adult Social Care takes the lead for corporate delivery of the Strategy.   Action by CORPORATE DIRECTOR COMMUNITIES (S. BAXTER) AND CORPORATE DIRECTOR FOR HEALTH AND ADULT SOCIAL CARE (G. CHIMBANI) Director of Community Safety (A. Corbett)