Calls growing for national policy on gender-based violence

Sarah Everard was last seen while walking home from a friend's flat in south London on March 3. Her body was found on Thursday. File picture.

The Citizens' Assembly will meet to discuss gender-based violence today amid growing calls for centralised support services and a minister or agency with overall responsibility for policies to tackle the problem.

Ahead of the meeting, a number of experts have submitted papers and video discussions outlining their thoughts on how to tackle gender-based violence, which has been thrust firmly into the international news agenda with the murder of English woman Sarah Everard.