Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 18820

Schools: Gender Based Violence

Tabled: 9 December 2024
Answered: 17 December 2024

Question

Dan Tomlinson

LabourChipping Barnet

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that (a) boys and (b) young men receive education in school on preventing violence against women and girls in schools.

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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