An average of 125 knife possession offences involving women and girls are recorded in England each month.
Theresa John regularly carried a knife for 12 years. She said it"became part of my identity" on the streets in Essex.
"I stayed in this lifestyle of crime and madness and just brokenness. I was in a very abusive relationship to the point that my kids were taken into the care and at that point I just lost all hope. "Everywhere you go you have problems with girls and their identity, their self-worth and those are the vulnerable ones that boys end up picking up."
For female offenders specifically, it supports and funds young people's advocates who work with gang-affected young women and girls in London, Manchester and the West Midlands.
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