Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 18820
Schools: Gender Based Violence
Tabled: 9 December 2024
Answered: 17 December 2024
Question
Dan Tomlinson
Labour — Chipping 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 McKinnellThe 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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