Strengthening partnerships through research to tackle male violence against women and girls in Plymouth

该项目旨在了解什么对减少和防止普利茅斯的暴力侵害妇女和女孩(VAWG)很重要。普利茅斯的警方和伙伴组织已经在该市的家庭暴力和性暴力伙伴关系中合作。这包括普利茅斯市议会、医疗服务和慈善机构支持受害者或与犯罪者合作。普利茅斯VAWG委员会是在2021年8月普利茅斯马克辛·戴维森、索菲·马丁和凯特·谢珀德在凯厄姆被毁灭性谋杀以及2021年11月波比-安妮·麦克劳德被谋杀后成立的。该委员会涵盖所有形式的特设工作组。委员会成员包括来自普利茅斯的警方、伙伴组织、研究人员和其他社会人士的代表。委员会听取了普利茅斯人民对VAWG的经验和关注。这包括经历过暴力的妇女和女孩。委员会还听取了警方和伙伴组织关于该市如何处理VAWG的意见。委员会将于2022年6月发布关于普利茅斯如何减少和预防VAWG的建议。德文郡和康沃尔郡警方还制定了一项行动计划，以减少和防止德文郡和康沃尔郡的VAWG。正如VAWG委员会的建议所强调的那样，重要的是使警察行动计划与普利茅斯的具体需求相关。该项目旨在(1)了解警方、伙伴组织和普利茅斯居民认为减少和预防普利茅斯VAWG最重要的是什么，以及(2)制定针对这些特定地区的项目。这项工作将分为三个阶段：1.通过听取各种组织的意见，确定普利茅斯服务的优先事项，这些组织与VAWG受害者和幸存者合作，或支持对妇女和女孩犯下暴力行为的人。我们还将听取普利茅斯各地公众的意见。这些人包括妇女和女孩、男子和男孩、无家可归的妇女、经历过暴力的妇女、移民妇女和寻求庇护者、残疾妇女、有过性工作经验的妇女和有暴力侵害妇女和/或女孩历史的男子。一旦我们听取了意见，我们将与这些小组的人员合作，在应该推进到项目下一阶段的4到6个优先事项之间做出决定。普利茅斯正在进行和尚未开展的工作：我们将再次听取组织和公共团体的意见，了解普利茅斯正在发生什么，以帮助预防或减少VAWG。我们将采取前一阶段商定的优先事项，并绘制普利茅斯的服务提供支持的地方。我们还将找出普利茅斯人民认为他们需要预防或减少VAWG的差距。从这一点上，我们将与组织和公众合作，确定可以通过研究回答的重要问题。建立优先项目团队：我们将把警方、伙伴机构、公众和研究人员组成的团队聚集在一起，开发项目来回答研究问题。我们将支持团队撰写项目建议书，要么从事较小的项目，要么申请资金从事较大的项目。我们将通过在全市不同地点和不同受众举办的各种活动来展示项目工作，以宣传工作的影响。

This project aims to understand what is important for reducing and preventing Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) in Plymouth. Police and partner organisations in Plymouth already work together in the city's Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence Partnership. This includes Plymouth City Council, health services and charities supporting victims or working with perpetrators.The Plymouth VAWG Commission was set up following the devastating murders in Plymouth of Maxine Davison, Sophie Martin and Kate Sheperd in Keyham in August 2021 and the murder of Bobbi-Anne McLeod in November 2021. The Commission covers VAWG in all forms. It includes representatives from the Police, partner organisations, researchers and other members of the community from Plymouth.The Commission has listened to the experiences and concerns of the people of Plymouth in relation to VAWG. This includes women and girls who have experienced violence. The Commission has also listened to the Police and partner organisations about how VAWG is being addressed in the city.Recommendations about how Plymouth will reduce and prevent VAWG will be launched by the Commission in June 2022. Devon and Cornwall Police have also produced an Action Plan to reduce and prevent VAWG across Devon and Cornwall. It is important that the Police Action Plan is made relevant to the specific needs of Plymouth as highlighted by the VAWG Commission Recommendations.This project aims to (1) understand what the Police, partner organisations and people who live in Plymouth think is most important to reduce and prevent VAWG in Plymouth, and (2) develop projects to tackle those specific areas.This work will have three phases:1. Identify the priorities of services in Plymouth by listening to a variety of organisations that work with victims and survivors of VAWG or support people who commit violent acts against women and girls. We will also listen to members of the public across Plymouth. These include women and girls, men and boys, women who are homeless, women who have experienced violence, women who are migrants and asylum seekers, women with disabilities, women with experience of sex work and men with a history of violence to women and/or girls. Once we have listened, we will work with people from those groups to decide between 4 and 6 priorities that should be taken forward to the next stage of the project.2. Map work that is and isn't already happening in Plymouth: We will again listen to organisations and public groups to understand what is happening in Plymouth to help prevent or reduce VAWG. We will take the priorities agreed in the previous phase and map where services in Plymouth are providing support. We will also identify gaps in what people in Plymouth think they need to prevent or reduce VAWG. From this we will work with organisations and the public to identify important questions that could be answered by research.3. Develop priority project teams: We will bring together teams of Police, partner organisations and members of the public together with researchers to develop projects to answer the research questions. We will support teams to write project proposals and either work on smaller projects or apply for funding to work on larger projects.We will present the work of the project through a variety of events in locations across the city and to a range of audiences to promote the impact of the work.