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Make the teaching of Sexual consent compulsory In schools

Submitted on Monday 16th October 2017

Published on Friday 20th October 2017

Current status: Closed

Closed: Friday 20th April 2018

Signatures: 1,533

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Children ~ Education ~ England ~ National Curriculum ~ Schools ~ UK ~ Wales

Petition Action

Make the teaching of Sexual consent compulsory In schools

Petition Details

Rape, Sexual abuse and harassment are prevalent issues effecting our society.

More needs to be done to tackle these issues. Children need to be taught what constitutes consentual sex and what actions are considered Sexual abuse and harassment as part of the compulsory national curriculum.

Additional Information

The teaching of consent in schools is currently not compulsory.

85,000 women and 12,000 men are raped in England and Wales alone every year

1 in 5 women aged 16 - 59 has experienced some form of sexual violence since.

Some references:
https://rapecrisis.org.uk/statistics.php
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2015/mar/09/sexual-consent-lessons-government-criticised-pshea-inadequate


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