Home Secretary Priti Patel is set to announce the strategy today (21 July) which includes the creation of a police position dedicated to keeping women and girls safe, a new 24/7 rape and sexual assault helpline commissioned by the Ministry of Justice and tougher measures to prevent sexual harrassment in schools and higher education settings.
Practices used on vulnerable girls and women such as “virginity testing” will also be criminalised, Patel said.
Writing in the Times, the Home Secretary added: “This strategy will be followed by a specific domestic abuse strategy later this year. We owe it to ourselves and to our mothers, daughters, sisters, friends and colleagues to bring about a huge shift in how we address these crimes — and prevent them.
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