End the War on Women
Women have the right to live free from harm, violence and
terror. We need to challenge those men who abuse, and encourage them to take
responsibility for their actions and to stop the violence.
The SSP has been committed to changing the attitudes of men and women in the party. We have had many debates and discussions about women’s involvement and representation; at present we have three female MSPs and one male one. We have a distinct policy on prostitution and, after many years of debate, agree that it is harmful to prostituted women.
The SSP calls for changes in the law in order that the prostituted
person is decriminalised and has access to the services they need. It follows
that it should be illegal to buy sex from a prostitute and we call for a
criminal justice response to the buyers of sex.
We have campaigned against domestic abuse and call for many more services for
women who experience domestic abuse day in and day out. We recognise that ending
a relationship in itself does not protect women - out of the 110 women killed
last year by their partner, a third had separated from him.
We need services that support women when they are living with their partner,
when they are choosing to leave, and when the relationship has ended.
We want children to be safe from abusive fathers and even when the father has
not been abusive to the children, the mother has a right to safety.
We support the setting up of accountable domestic abuse perpetrator programmes
throughout Scotland, with attached services for women and their children.
We call for a review of the rape laws, looking at how we how we can best support
women coming forward to report rape and sexual abuse, and an end to the adversarial
court process that deems the victim to be the perpetrator.
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