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<p>The Home Office does not hold this information. <br><br>There is currently little
hard data on the number of women and girls involved in gang violence. However, we
know that women and girls who come into contact with street gangs are at greater risk
of violence, particularly sexual violence.<br><br>The Government report on ‘Ending
Gang and Youth Violence’ (November 2011) recognised the importance of tackling gang-related
violence on girls, and refers to research by Race on the Agenda (2010:11) which exposed
the significant harm that girls associated with gangs can experience. Further research
has been undertaken by the Office of the Children’s Commissioner and Bedfordshire
University. This was set out in their Interim Report (2012): "I thought I was
the only one. The only one in the world" and the Final Report (2013): If only
someone had listened".<br><br>Steps taken to protect girls from becoming involved
in gang-related crime are set out in the ‘Ending Gang and Youth Violence Report: One
Year On’ (November 2012) and ‘Ending Gang and Youth Violence Annual Report 2013’ (December
2013) documents.<br><br>This includes dedicated funding of £1.2m over three years
(April 2012 to March 2015) to improve services for girls under 18 at risk, or victims
of, sexual violence and exploitation by gangs.<br><br>The reports are available on
the GOV.UK website.</p><p> </p>
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