An Arts Council England funded project on gender based violence in Wolverhampton has resulted in an exhibition in the Mander Centre between 4th - 7th November.
Ian Henery was commissioned by the 1in3 project to deliver poetry workshops and, together with locally renowned artists, that work will be featured as an exhibition to raise awareness of gender based violence.
Project Manager Diyodi Devinda Menon said "We are called 1in3 because 1 in 3 women will experience gender based violence in their lifetime. This equates to around 736 million who are subjected to physical or sexual violence by an intimate partner or sexual violence from a non-partner. We are very grateful to Ian Henery for all of his hard work."
In the UK over 2 million women are estimated to be victims of male violence each year, an epidemic that the government and police chiefs have branded a "national emergency". According to figures published by the National Police Chiefs` Council in July, at least one in 12 women in England and Wales will be a victim of crimes including stalking, harassment, sexual assault and domestic violence each year. However - this may be an underestimate because even the report states "We know much crime goes unreported and in policing we often only see the tip of the iceberg".
Nicole Jacobs, appointed in 2019 as the first Domestic Abuse Commissioner, has said that domestic abuse incidents account for 1 in 3 violent crimes recorded by police and a fifth of annual murders while 30% of people on probation are current or previous perpetrators of domestic abuse. One woman is killed by an abusive partner or ex every 5 days in England and Wales according to the charity Refuge. The police receive a domestic abuse-related call every 30 seconds.
