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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Alexandra Topping and Rajeev Syal

UNBELIEVABLE: Teachers will be given extra training to tackle misogyny in schools | History Defined

School children
The government is about to publish its long-awaited strategy to halve violence against women and girls. Photograph: JohnnyGreig/Getty Images

Children as young as 11 who demonstrate misogynistic behaviour will be taught the difference between pornography and real relationships, as part of a multimillion-pound investment to tackle misogyny in England’s schools, the Guardian understands.

On the eve of the government publishing its long-awaited strategy to halve violence against women and girls (VAWG) in a decade, David Lammy told the Guardian that the battle “begins with how we raise our boys”, adding that toxic masculinity and keeping girls and women safe were “bound together”.

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