All children need to learn about sexual consent – it's their right

So says this author, as a response to the governments decision to reject this idea, on the heels of recent reports of the number of sexual assault on people below 16 years.

"The government has announced that it will not make sex and relationships education (SRE) compulsory in all schools, flying in the face of advice from experts and pleas from teachers , pupils and parents alike."

"But perhaps what is most significant of all is that the decision to reject compulsory SRE came in the very same week that new figures were released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) revealing that, in the 12 months to March last year, 30% of female rape victims were aged under 16, a quarter were 14 or younger and nearly 10% were nine years old or younger."

" Failing to educate young people about sexual consent and healthy relationships means that those who experience such crimes at a young age are often left bewildered, afraid, ashamed and unsure of where or how to report what has happened."

"But, most of all, it fails every child who has a human right to learn about sexual consent and their rights to their own body. What lesson could possibly be more important than that?"

Is she right??