10. 7. Statement: International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 5:29 pm on 22 November 2016.

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Photo of Carl Sargeant Carl Sargeant Labour 5:29, 22 November 2016

Thank you, Deputy Presiding Officer. This Friday is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. When the previous Welsh Labour Government took the Violence Against Women, Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence (Wales) Act through the Assembly in 2015, we were clear on our aims to improve prevention, protection and support for victims and survivors. Since then we have appointed a national adviser, Rhian Bowen-Davies; published statutory guidance on the national training framework; implemented the national training framework and ‘ask and act’; refreshed the national advisory group and governance mechanisms; conducted survivor consultation through Welsh Women’s Aid and published the resulting report, ‘Are you listening and am I being heard?’—a report on the recommendations of survivors of violence against women, domestic abuse and sexual violence in Wales; and published our first national strategy.