Teach children about healthy and unhealthy relationship behaviors at school

Rejected 10 signatures

What the petition asks

Teach Primary and Secondary school children in UK about healthy and unhealthy relationship behaviors as part of national curriculum.

1 in 5 adults experience Domestic Abuse during their lifetime.There is a lack of awareness of what constitutes domestic abuse. Most people dont possess the knowledge of the spectrum of domestic abuse; violence, sexual, financial psychological abuse & coercive controlling behaviour.
Add healthy and unhealthy relationship behaviors to the curriculum for primary/secondary children. This would give children awareness of what type of behaviors to not tolerate and what not to do themselves

Why it was rejected

The UK Government or Parliament was already taking the action it asked for.

The Government's Relationships and Sex Education curriculum, which is mandatory in all state schools, requires that students are now taught about the concepts of, and laws relating to, sexual consent, sexual exploitation, abuse, grooming, coercion, harassment, rape, domestic abuse, forced marriage, honour-based violence and FGM, and how these can affect current and future relationships: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/relationships-education-relationships-and-sex-education-rse-and-health-education/relationships-and-sex-education-rse-secondary

If you would like a stronger focus on domestic abuse and coercive control in the national curriculum, you could start a petition about that.

Timeline

2 Apr 2024	Petition opened for signatures
18 Apr 2024	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 10

Status Rejected

Rejected 18 Apr 2024

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