Submitted on Thursday 18th March 2021
Rejected on Thursday 25th March 2021
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Stop Violence Against Women. Self-Defence. Pepper Spray. Abusers Lists.
End violence against women. Abusers must stop. Immediate deterrents and self-defence strategies are needed. Legalise Pepper Spray for women. Teach girls Martial Arts in schools. Publish a National Abusers Register. #ViolenceIsntOnSoHANDSOFF #LetsMakeItZero #HANDSOFF www.handsoffcampaign.com
Two women a week are killed by a current or former partner in England and Wales alone. An estimated 1.6 million women experienced domestic abuse in the year ending March 2019. Police received a domestic abuse call every 30 seconds in the first seven weeks of lockdown. 97% of young women have been sexually harassed. Approximately 85,000 women experience rape/attempted rape/sexual assault by penetration in England and Wales every year.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
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We have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:
Create a national register of offenders who commit crimes against females: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/579602
Make it legal to carry non-lethal self defence weapons: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/577568
Mandatory self-defence classes as part of school curriculum: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/578987
Fund free self-defence classes for women in the UK: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/578919
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