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Call for tenders
Rape Crisis Scotland has issued a call for tenders for the evaluation of its new National Advocacy Project.
The National Advocacy Project aims to improve the support available to survivors of rape and serious sexual crime; improve the experience of the criminal justice process for survivors of rape and serious sexual crime; develop a better understanding of motivations to proceed or not to proceed within the criminal justice process and what difference advocacy support makes to this decision.
We are seeking external evaluators with relevant experience to assess the impact of the project.
You can download this document for more information.
£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
RSSLatest posts
- Remembering Tansy Main
- Sex crimes in Scotland reach second-highest level in 54 years
- RCS calls for the Scottish Government and MSPs to work together to introduce key legislation for survivors of sexual crime
- Changes announced by the Sottish Government to the Victims, Witnesses and Justice Reform Bill
- Landmark judgment on corroboration in sexual offence cases
