The charity, The ManKind Initiative (link), has responded (link) to the Crown Prosecution Service's consultation (link) on domestic violence.
Essentially, the charity states that unless the CPS overhauls its policies, web-site and training then it is likely to be in breach of the Gender Equality Duty.
One of the scary things is that the CPS is meant to be gender-neutral and look at each case that it considers on its merits, however, it is difficult to have confidence in it when, for example, its domestic violence web-site pages (link) do not refer to male victims at all. It also only runs information campaigns for female victims.
In addition, the response also points out that the CPS cannot, by definition, be gender-neutral when its domestic violence policies fall under its Violence Against Women strategy. The charity believes that domestic violence has to be a stand alone policy area.
Look forward to the response from the CPS?
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