According to a report by the End Violence Against Women Coalition, the government’s current strategy is "ad-hoc" and does too little to raise public awareness of the issue or educate young people.
The group of charities is calling on government to amend the Education Bill passing through parliament to place a duty on schools and academies to collect data on violence against young women and girls, including sexual harassment and bullying.
They also want ministers to require primary and secondary schools to develop and implement a "whole school approach" to stopping violence against women and girls and to make sure that anti-bullying policies include an explicit reference to preventing sexual harassment and bullying.
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