UK: Violence against women 'should end', says Home Secretary

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'The home secretary has said the coalition government aims to end violence against women and girls. Theresa May, also minister for women, pledged more funding for an existing pilot scheme that helps immigrants who are victims of domestic violence.

Ms May told a Women's Aid conference she would also look into using fines criminals pay towards victims' services to open more rape crisis centres.

They would also devise "real solutions" for preventing violence, she added.

The annual conference, organised by Women's Aid, included delegates mainly from the charity's membership of more than 370 regional domestic and sexual violence services.

Following the speech Women's Aid chief executive Nicola Harwin said they were looking forward to working with the government.
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Ms May told the conference: "As both home secretary and minister for women and equalities I believe I have a unique opportunity to bring about real change to the lives and the status of women in this country, and my ambition is nothing less than ending violence against women and girls."

Next week the Home Office is to host a cross-government ministerial violence against women meeting to discuss a new approach to tackling the issue.'

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Ed. note: Many people on this side of the pond may not know what the Home Secretary does or the significance of the office in the UK. Read about it here. For US readers, imagine taking selected powers from the Secretaries of State, Defense, Interior, and Health and Human Services and mixing them into one. It's no minor office and the powers thereof are quite significant.