Sarah Harte: Male violence and the opt out from sex education

Government, educators, parents, and campaigners need to work together to dismantle misogyny that is deeply embedded in our culture

How our children are educated about consent, sex and sexual violence regardless of whether the school is single-sex or co-educational goes to the heart of the matter.

Last week, delegates at the national conference of Fórsa, the public service union, unanimously backed a motion for paid leave for the victims of domestic violence.

At the conference, Ann Collins, an employee of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) said her office had seen a “massive increase” during the pandemic of “files concerning domestic violence and gender-based violence”.