Agenda item

RESOLVED: that the Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan Violence against Women, Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence Strategy 2018-2023 (as set out at Appendix 1 to the report) be approved

Cabinet considered the Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan Violence against Women, Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence Strategy 2018-2023. The strategy recognised that anyone (women, men, children and young people) can experience and be affected by violence against women, domestic abuse and sexual violence and sought to  addresses violence and abuse directed towards women, men, girls and boys and violence and abuse perpetrated by men and women and acknowledged that it can happen in any relationship regardless of sex, age, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, disability, religion or belief, income, geography or lifestyle. However it also  acknowledged that women and girls are disproportionately affected by domestic abuse, rape and sexual violence, sexual exploitation (including through the sex industry), modern day slavery, forced marriage, female genital mutilation, child sexual exploitation and abuse, stalking and sexual harassment. It was reported that a number of key partners took part in the development of the strategy and consultation had been wide ranging.

RESOLVED: that the Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan Violence against Women, Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence Strategy 2018-2023 (as set out at Appendix 1 to the report) be approved