Submitted on Monday 15th March 2021
Rejected on Monday 22nd March 2021
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Introduce self-defence classes in schools.
We should all feel safe on our streets and equipping people with the tools to protect themselves is a valuable lesson our children should be taught. The introduction of self-defence classes within the Physical Education curriculum to Year 6 and all Secondary school pupils could save lives.
The Femicide Census reports that across the UK on average a woman is killed by a man every 3 days. If these women had been provided with basic self-defence training perhaps their lives could have been saved.
According to Rape Crisis in the year to the end of March 2017, 20% of women and 4% of men have experienced some type of sexual assault since the age of 16, equivalent to 3.4 million female and 631,000 male victims. How many of these attacks could have been prevented? Change needs to happen.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
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We have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:
Mandatory self-defence classes as part of school curriculum: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/578987
Fund free self-defence classes for women in the UK: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/578919
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