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Show your support for the ‘International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women’ as the Council calls on residents to rally together and show their support for the elimination of violence against women.

The Council will be taking 16 days of action as part of the UN’s campaign to help eliminate gender-based violence, starting with an event on the steps of Hackney Town Hall on Friday 25 November. Come at 12 noon, listen to speeches and stand together to help eliminate gender based violence

It is a shocking fact that in England and Wales seven women a month are killed by a current or former partner. Violence against women in London also paints a bleak picture. In 2015 the Metropolitan Police Service recorded that 25% of all violent crime in the capital was domestic abuse. 29% of recorded rapes were perpetrated as part of domestic abuse.

Women are much more likely than men to be victims of domestic abuse; male violence against women accounts for 85% of domestic abuse cases reported to the police.

Tackling domestic abuse and eliminating violence against women is an key priority for the Council; despite continued government cuts, last year the Council increased its spending on domestic abuse services.

The Council works in many different ways to tackle gender-based violence in the borough. Working directly with perpetrators to affect permanent behaviour change and leading the way in the sector through collaborations with third sector partners, the police and health services, to protect victims of abuse and bring perpetrators to justice.