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<p>The findings on the levels of sexual coercion reported by teenage girls in England
published by the University of Central Lancashire are part of a collaborative research
project involving five European countries – Norway, Italy, Bulgaria, Cyprus and England.
Protection from abuse is a fundamental right for all children and the Government continues
to work to improve child safety.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Our recent key actions
include:</p><p> </p><ul><li><p>Commissioning the PSHE Association to produce guidance
for teachers on teaching about consent, which will be published shortly. The statutory
sex and relationships education (SRE) guidance also makes clear that young people
should be taught about how the law applies to sexual relationships and be taught positive
values and a moral framework to guide their decisions, judgements and behaviour.</p></li><li><p>Revising
statutory safeguarding guidance, <em>Working Together to Safeguard Children, 2013
</em>and<em> Keeping Children Safe in Education </em>(April 2014), to provide clear
frameworks for professionals and for schools to take action to protect children from
abuse. These updated versions will be published shortly.</p></li><li><p>To help children
stay safe online, we have also put online safety on the curriculum, published advice
for parents on keeping young people safe from cyberbullying, and announced £500,000
extra funding in December 2014 to the UK Safer Internet Centre to provide guidance
and training for schools. The Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) Command
of the National Crime Agency has developed a specific educational resource to tackle
‘sexting’, which is designed for use by teachers.</p></li><li><p>We are committed
to improving the child protection system and are working with local leaders and professionals
on a radical programme of reform, including improving social worker training and children’s
services. The overall aim of this work is to bring about long-term change to help
vulnerable children.</p></li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>
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