Andy Burnham has asked men and boys to 'reflect' on their behaviour towards women and girls – but he admits that the police are still letting victims down.
The Greater Manchester mayor has vowed to make gender-based violence a 'big focus' of his in the new year which he wants to be a 'watershed' moment.
It comes as a 'high profile' campaign to tackle day-to-day sexual harassment in Greater Manchester was launched by Burnham as part of a 10-year strategy. READ MORE: GMP warned AGAIN it is failing vulnerable victims in blistering new report - and now public safety is at risk The metro mayor promised to learn from past mistakes in policing and spoke of the need to make women and girls feel safer using public transport at night.
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