This petition was submitted during the 2015-2017 parliament
Petition Set up of a Men's Equality committee to address issues like male rape & suicide.
There is already a Women & Equalities Committee, but it has not yet done any inquiries into issues facing men, such as;
1* Suicide (three times as high in men)
2* Male rape (where services for men are insufficient)
3* Domestic violence against men (misreported as only affecting women).
More details
1. suicide rates by gender 16.8 per 100,000 for men and 5.2 per 100,000 for women from Samaritans website http://www.samaritans.org/about-us/our-research/facts-and-figures-about-suicide
2. 85,000 women and 12,000 men raped per year. http://rapecrisis.org.uk/statistics.php
3. 1 in 4 women and 1 in 6 men - http://www.lwa.org.uk/understanding-abuse/statistics.htm”
This petition closed early because of a General Election Find out more on the Petitions Committee website
30 signatures
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10,000 signatures required to get a government response