There are 166 Candidates standing 4 the role of Police Crime Commissioner on May 6, yet only 39 mention Women and/or VAWG in their manifestos. That’s a measly 23%.

Yet VAWG is an everyday policing issue. Shameful.
#GRARG #IStoodUpforWomenToday #AskYourPCC
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When GRARG reviewed the #AskYourPCC manifestos on http://www.choosemypcc.org.uk , we found that only 23% of candidates (39) mentioned women and/or VAWG in their manifestos. Some of these statements talked about rape, a crime committed by men. How will those crimes be recorded?
A typical example of ‘Manifesto Lite Feminism’ encountered during #AskYourPCC

PCC Candidate: “Thank you for writing to me on this very topical issue. I have attached a link to my manifesto, which includes a relevant section on Violence Against Women and Girls.“
Reader: The candidate’s manifesto did not address recording crimes committed by males as being recorded as committed by women, and on the matter of female strip searches, his manifesto said it actively supported the victims code which refers to “gender” not sexđŸ™„đŸ€ŠđŸŸâ€â™€ïž.
#AskYourPCC
The patronising gall was only matched by the ineptitude of some candidates.

Although Labour candidates were mostly likely to mention women as a priority in their manifestos they were by no means most likely to ‘prefer sex’ over gender (see below).
In Avon & Somerset, we recommend the Independent Candidate @johnsmith4pcc as he demonstrated amply that if Women gave him their X, he would definitely respect their Sex! #AskYourPCC! Read his words for yourself and be reassured 😊
In Cambridge, @camradfems might want to know we recommend the Labour Candidate
@nmassey79 as she emphasized “ the equality act has my support and sex should be recorded” #AskYourPCC!
For Cheshire, @NickGoulding4 of the @reformparty_uk is the Man “in favour of accurate and meaningful reporting” #AskYourPCC! @BBCNWT @warringtonnews @NorthwichNews @CheshireLiveCrw @KnutsfordNews
In Cumbria, we recommend @BarbaraACannon, so @LabWomenDec of Cumbria can be rest assured their sex based rights will be upheld #AskYourPCC! @gazettenewsdesk @NWEMlive @CumbriaCrack @BBC_Cumbria
In Derbyshire, @reformparty_uk @prosser_timothy is a Man who definitely understand the importance of recording #SexNotGender in Criminal Statistics, and we also recommend @CforWomenUK @CllrAngelique #AskYourPCC! Read their remarks in blog post 😊.
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