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VAWG Strategy lacks specific provisions to address harmful attitudes among boys beyond RSE.
Conclusion
We asked DfE specifically what role boys are playing in the prevention work it was delivering through the VAWG Strategy. DfE told us that there is not a part of the new VAWG Strategy specifically designed to address harmful attitudes amongst boys.71 DfE told us that it had expanded the new draft guidance on RSE to include misogynistic online influencers, and that it is an expectation that boys will be educated on this. When asked what else it will be doing beyond the RSE curriculum, DfE told us that it could be working with male role models through youth services, social workers, youth offending teams and secondary school teachers. When asked how this work will feed into the future Strategy and mission, DfE said it is something that could be explored with MHCLG and MoJ.72 Responding to tech-enabled violence against women and girls
Government Response
A response document is linked to this report, dated 18 September 2025. Response attribution to this conclusion has not been verified. Read the response document.
Source
Committee
Public Accounts Committee
Report
26th Report - Tackling Violence against Women and Girls
16 May 2025
HC 644
Addressee Bodies
HM Treasury
Timeline
Recommendation age
1.3 yr
Report published
16 May 2025