{"id":303512,"date":"2025-12-18T21:00:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T21:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/violence-against-women-and-girls-is-national-emergency\/"},"modified":"2025-12-18T21:00:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T21:00:09","slug":"violence-against-women-and-girls-is-national-emergency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/violence-against-women-and-girls-is-national-emergency\/","title":{"rendered":"Violence against women and girls is &#8216;national emergency&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/lyeCKk1Dzqg\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Violence against women and girls is 'national emergency'\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lyeCKk1Dzqg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>The Government has unveiled its long-awaited strategy on violence against women and girls, calling the situation a &#8216;national emergency&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>[Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe]<\/p>\n<p>Figures for England and Wales from the Office for National Statistics show just how widespread the problem is: 1 in 3 women over the age of 16 reports having experienced domestic abuse and 1 in 4 women when it comes to sexual assault.<\/p>\n<p>At the heart of the strategy unveiled today, after three delays, is the pledge to halve by 2034 the numbers saying they were the victims of domestic violence, sexual assault or stalking in the past year.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;<br \/>\nGet more news at our site &#8211; https:\/\/www.channel4.com\/news\/<br \/>\nSubscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe<br \/>\nFollow us:<br \/>\nTikTok &#8211; https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@c4news<br \/>\nInstagram &#8211; https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/channel4news\/<br \/>\nTwitter &#8211; https:\/\/twitter.com\/Channel4News<br \/>\nFacebook &#8211; https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Channel4News\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Government has unveiled its long-awaited strategy on violence against women and girls, calling the situation a &#8216;national emergency&#8217;. 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