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£1.85 million extra support for sexual abuse victims
The Scottish Government has announced an extra £1.85 million is to be invested in providing additional support for victims of sex crimes across Scotland.
Scottish Women's Rights Centre - free legal surgeries
The Scottish Women's Rights Centre is now offering free legal surgeries to women in Glasgow and Lanarkshire.
The SWRC legal surgeries are available by appointment and offer free legal information and advice to women survivors of gender based violence. This is a broad term which encompasses a range of crimes against women including sexual crimes, domestic abuse, stalking, harassment (including sexual harassment), trafficking, forced marriage and female genital mutilation (FGM) and others.
Scottish Government statement on FGM
The Scottish Government has published at statement outlining its opposition to Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) .
This document sets out the law in relation to FGM in Scotland and is intended to allow someone who may be at risk to show it to family, friends and or relatives when travelling abroad to remind them that FGM is a serious offence in Scotland and the UK and that there are severe penalties (up to 14 years in prison) for anyone found guilty of the offence.
New film made by refugee men calls for violence against women to stop
New survey shows high levels of sexual violence in Scotland
A new survey released by the Scottish Government found that one in ten women in Scotland have experienced rape & one in five women in Scotland have had someone try to make them have sex against their will.
The survey also found that 2% of men had experienced rape.
The ScotCen survey interviewed 516 men and 760 women aged between 16 and 74.
Sandy Brindley, National Coordinator for Rape Crisis Scotland, said:
"This survey confirms that sexual violence is far more common that people realise. Rape is a crime which can have a devastating impact, and many survivors never tell anyone what has happened, never mind report it to the police.
We need to prioritise prevention, working with the Scottish public to ensure people know that the law is clear - sex without consent is rape, and can have very serious consequences for both the victim and the perpetrator."
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