Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2012-02-02-Speech-4-345-343"
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"I strongly support the Daphne initiative, which aims to combat violence against young people and women, even by providing a small amount of financial support and sharing experience. I am therefore greatly concerned that the report highlights that certain Member States, including Lithuania, are very poorly represented in the Daphne programme. According to data provided by non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in Lithuania, 63% of Lithuanian women have experienced physical or sexual violence or a threat of such violence. The vast majority of these women stated that the experience gave them feelings of hatred and powerlessness. Of greatest concern is the fact that only 10.6% of all victims contacted the police about serious incidents. According to Lithuania’s Women’s Issues Information Centre, the police and the courts avoid domestic violence cases unless the victim has been badly beaten up or murdered. Police measures against the offender are often limited. The help given by the network of crisis centres to the victims of violence is not enough. In 2011, there were 15 crisis centres and six shelters for battered women in operation in Lithuania, but they do not cover the whole country and only two of them are funded by municipalities. This problem is too great for it to be left to NGOs. Politicians should take decisive action."@en1
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