Hello everybody,
First, I hope I'm posting this in the right place.
If that's not the case, I ask to admins and mods to move the thread where they think it'll fit properly.
Second, I received very bad news this morning.
As few of you already know, I suffered an ordeal after an ordeal due to the fact I reported rape after being raped multiple times by my ex boyfriend.
I was also denied any kind of counselling and therapy everywhere because, in few words there are no rape crisis centres from Aberdeen to the northest point of Scotland.
For the ones who aren't informed about how big this area of Scotland is (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Highlands_lowlands.png), please consider that it covers 10.316 square miles, an area as big as the whole state of Massachusetts.
From October, any raped and abused woman in this area will be left without any help and support because the Scottish Government, cutting 50% of these charities funding, will force them to close down.
I opened a petition in their favour, posting the link in case you'd like to sign it:
http://www.change.org/petitions/scottish-government-stop-
cutting-the-50-of-funding-to-rape-and-abuse-charities
It's very important that we keep getting help and support from them because there are no official counselling services in the Highlands provided by the NHS (National Health System). In few words, from October onwards, if we need support we'll have to pay for it, using private counselling and therapy.
That also means that nobody will do it (economy is very poor up here, mainly agriculture and tourism) and that will also cut down the rape reports.
Maybe that's how Scottish Government wants to solve the problem that there are only 3% of convictions after rape trials. It's worth noticing that only 10% of the rape report get to a trail.
Well, easily done... NO rape reports, NO hassle to convict rapists!
Thanks for your attention ladies and gentlemen :*
Merl xx
Post edited by: MerlinScot, at: 06/28/2012 04:20 AM
