Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 30802

Gender Based Violence

Tabled: 11 February 2025

Answered: 19 February 2025

Question

Tony Vaughan

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to use education in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools to prevent violence against women and girls.

Answer

Catherine McKinnell

The government has pledged to halve violence against women and girls in the next decade. Education has a crucial role to play in tackling harmful behaviour, helping children and young people to develop empathy, boundaries and respect for difference.Throug...

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