Government doing less at home than abroad on violence against women and girls.

The Joint Committee on Human Rights has warned that the government could harm its international reputation by failing to ratify the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (the Istanbul Convention).

In a new report issued last month, the committee concluded that the government’s progressive work on tackling violence against women and girls abroad is not translating into its domestic policy, despite its Violence against Women and Girls Action Strategy and the Home Secretary’s personal commitment to the issue.