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<p>The Government is committed to delivering the Strategy published in March. The
table below shows the progress made in delivering the actions allocated to the Government
Equalities Office (GEO).</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>REF</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>ACTION</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>PROGRESS</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>Develop
new guidance in consultation with teachers for PHSE lessons specifically about gender
equality (Apr 2016).</p></td><td><p>GEO has been working with the PSHE Association
to consult teachers on how best to deliver this commitment.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>Fund
the Freedom Charity to expand the ‘Train the Trainers’ project…. (Apr 2016).</p></td><td><p>GEO
funded the Freedom Charity to expand their ‘Train the Trainers’ project to reach a
greater number of communities and empower teachers to deal with the topic of forced
marriage sensitively and confidently. This funding enabled an additional 3,620 students
and 1,230 staff to learn about forced marriage with Freedom.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>Launch
the second phase of the national prevention campaign to challenge abuse in teenage
relationships and promote understanding of health relationships and consent – including
among LGB&T teenagers (Feb 2016).</p></td><td><p>GEO, in partnership with the
Home Office, launched <em>Disrespect Nobody</em>, the second phase of the national
prevention campaign to challenge abuse in teenage relationships. This included a TV
advert, along with a dedicated website, blogs and guidance for teachers.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>Update
Media Smart resources (with the Advertising Association) to help teachers and parents
improve primary school children’s understanding of how gender is represented in the
media and their resilience to negative content (Sep 2016).</p></td><td><p>GEO commissioned
the charity Media Smart to develop a new resource to help teachers and parents improve
primary school children’s understanding of how gender is represented in the media
and their resilience to negative content. The resource was published in August 2016
and will be disseminated to schools this term.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>Conduct
or commission mapping of the evidence base and initiatives that engage men, boys and
bystanders in VAWG prevention to identify how Government can build on these initiatives
to further social change (Apr 2017).</p></td><td><p>GEO is currently mapping the evidence
base and initiatives that engage men, boys and bystanders in VAWG prevention, as well
as meeting with stakeholders working in this area.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>Establish
an official Government working group to map out current issues, prevalence, initiatives
and barriers to addressing gendered online abuse to improve understanding and coordinate
the response to online manifestations of VAWG (Dec 2016).</p></td><td><p>In partnership
with the Home Office, GEO has established an official Government working group to
do this. This work is ongoing.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>Continue
to ensure victims of revenge pornography have access to bespoke support and advice
about their right to have the images removed from websites (review Apr 2017).</p></td><td><p>GEO
has funded the Revenge Porn Helpline for a further year to continue its important
work supporting victims of revenge porn and working to have such images removed from
websites.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>GEO officials attend the Home Office-chaired
cross-government working group on VAWG, the last of which took place on 23 June 2016.
In addition, GEO officials have attended a number of Home Office-led consultation
meetings with VAWG stakeholders, the last of which was in February 2016. Such discussions
run alongside inter-ministerial meetings, the most recent of which I attended in June.</p>
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