Action
A 2013 report by the Centre for Mental Health highlighted how girls and young women are the most vulnerable group in the criminal justice system, with many showing evidence of being sexually abused and groomed by male gang members.
Shortly after the report was published, youth work charity Redthread appointed a dedicated girls and gangs worker for its Youth Violence Intervention Programme based at Kings College Hospital in south London.
This became the basis for the development of the charity's I Define Me project, part of Redthread's young women's service which is funded through the Tampon Tax Fund, Comic Relief and the government.
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