Charities supporting survivors of sexual violence speak out about Now Then data showing disabled women are half as likely to see their attackers charged with a crime.
Now Then speaks to Natalie Shaw, Strategic Lead for Violence Against Women and Girls about the justice gap experienced by disabled women reporting rape in South Yorkshire.
Disabled women are twice as likely to be sexually assaulted as non-disabled women, but half as likely to have their perpetrators charged, Now Then has discovered.