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Scottish Sun
21 hours ago
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Warped ‘incel' students referred to anti-terror scheme after shock rise in sexual violence on UK campuses
Incel misogyny, highlighted in Netflix drama Adolescence, is said to be behind increasing reports of campus assaults UNI INCEL FEAR Warped 'incel' students referred to anti-terror scheme after shock rise in sexual violence on UK campuses Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) NINE university students have been referred to the Prevent anti-terrorism scheme over incel ideology, figures show. Home Office statistics revealed a shocking rise in sexual violence on campuses over the last three years. Sign up for Scottish Sun newsletter Sign up Incels — 'involuntarily celibate' men — have hostile views on women and often follow toxic online influencers such as Andrew Tate, pictured above. Two higher education students were referred to Prevent in 2023/2024, five in 2022/23 and two in 2021/2022. Incel misogyny, highlighted in Netflix drama Adolescence, is said to be behind increasing reports of campus assaults. A total of 2,164 female students reported males for sexual assault and rape in the last three years. Some universities have admitted horrifying details of how women have been abused. One at City St George's at the University of London was threatened by a man who said: 'I hope your door is locked or I'm gonna come and rape you.' Some suspects had to write a letter of apology, attend a course on sexual consent or were banned from their own graduation ceremony. Others had to move out of student halls. Andrea Simon, Director of the End Violence Against Women Coalition, said: 'When a woman reports sexual violence, it is imperative she is supported and meaningful action taken.' A spokesman for Universities UK said: 'Sexual misconduct is unacceptable on campus.'
BBC News
31-01-2025
- Politics
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Home Office not doing enough to keep women and girls safe, watchdog says
The Home Office's response to the "serious and growing problem" of violence against women and girls (VAWG) has been ineffective, the UK's spending watchdog has a report published on Friday, the National Audit Office (NAO) said the department had "not led an effective whole-system response" to the rising incidence of rape and sexual assault recorded by efforts as the government lead to address VAWG have so far "not improved outcomes" for victims, the report found.A Home Office spokesperson said the report had looked at the previous government's "failure to deliver systemic change", and that Labour was "delivering a step-change in the government's response". The percentage of women aged 16 to 59 in England and Wales to have suffered a sexual assault was estimated to be 4.3% in 2023-24, up from 3.4% in 2009-10, the NAO said incidents of rape and sexual assault recorded by police had increased almost fourfold during the same timeframe, from 34,000 to 123,000 - but cautioned that this could be partially explained by improved recording of these report noted that "low charge rate and long wait times" contributed to a considerable number of rape victims dropping out before cases reached a only a minority of domestic abuse cases recorded by police led to charges, the NAO said. In 2021, under the previous Conservative government, the department created a dedicated team to lead VAWG NAO said the Home Office "found it challenging to get buy-in from other government departments" and had a "limited understanding" of the extent of resources devoted to addressing VAWG across dedicated team did not meet until a year after the launch, the NAO found, and had only met four times in Home Office "does not know what effect the government's work is having on VAWG", the report NAO said: "Government's efforts to tackle violence against women and girls have not yet improved outcomes for the victims of these crimes. "The lack of an effective, cross-government approach and a limited understanding of what works to help reduce these crimes, means the Home Office cannot be confident that government is doing the best it can to keep women and girls safe." While in opposition, Labour pledged to halve VAWG in a report said the new government had set an "ambitious target", but that to meet it the Home Office would need to "lead a coordinated, whole-system response that addresses the causes of VAWG".Andrea Simon, director of the End Violence Against Women Coalition, said: "The lack of attention to prevention is deplorable, especially as we know VAWG is significantly under-reported."But she added that the strategy's "worth" could not "be determined solely on a value-for-money basis". "The harms of VAWG are so significant and far-reaching that the societal importance of addressing it must be recognised," Ms Simon said.
