Trafford crisis group worried not enough has changed since death of Sarah Everard
Four years ago, Sarah Everard was walking home in South London when she was kidnapped, raped and murdered, by off-duty Police officer Wayne Couzens
On the fourth anniversary of Sarah Everard's death, a crisis centre in Greater Manchester say violence against women and girls is still a common occurrence.
Sarah Everard was walking home alone in South London when she was kidnapped, raped and murdered, by off-duty Police officer Wayne Couzens.
An inquiry found Couzens, who received a whole life sentence, had a history of alleged sexual offending and failings in the vetting process allowed him to become an officer.
Charlotte Clayton, from Trafford Rape Crisis, says there've been improvements but too many women are still facing violence: "People are still experiencing sexual violence of all types, day in day out, it's just such a common occurrence.
"I don't think enough has changed... I think that there has been a lot of work done, on a national, international level, and definitely a local Greater Manchester level, but I think in terms of what we're seeing on the ground, and what survivors are telling us, things aren't changing quickly enough.
"About 90% sexual violence never gets reported.
"We know very little about what women's day to day experiences are... Luckily GMP are interested in reaching out to organisations and charities like ours to find out what's happening."
Charlotte said sexual violence often happens in the home and can go unreported: "It's a huge red herring thinking that rapists are strangers, and it's part of the many myths that there are around rape and sexual violence, that kind of 'down a dark alley, somebody coming up behind you' obviously that can happen but it's really unusual actually.
"As with most sexual violence, the really difficult stuff, the sexual assault, the rape, those are generally perpetrated by women's intimate partners, or ex partners, or within families.
"The vast majority of people experiencing sexual violence, sexual assault, are hurt unfortunately by people that they know."
Charlotte said it can be difficult for people to leave violent relationships because of the impact it'll have on their lives: "It's not just the physical attack that you've experienced, its also the psychological impact, and it doesn't matter what age you are, if you've had your trust breached in that way, it can have really deep and long lasting impacts on all of your relationships."
Jess Phillips, the Safeguarding Minister said "The Government is relentless in its efforts to halve violence against women and girls.
"In less than sixth months in office we have; launched domestic abuse protection orders in selected areas, outlined new measures enhancing our response to stalking, announced £30 million in extra funding for victims of domestic abuse and their families in safe accommodation service.
"This is just the beginning, we will continue at this pace to improve women’s safety across the country."
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