MPs: Teach children about violence against women
Wednesday 13 February 2013
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EmailLabour MPs are to mark Valentine's Day by demanding the government make sure children are taught about violence to women.
Fiona Mactaggart and Stella Creasy said ministers must take action after 109 women and girls were killed in domestic violence and other attacks by men last year.
They plan to join hundreds of women for a Parliament Square dance to draw attention to the problem.
The dancers have been practising for weeks for one of more than 100 events taking place across Britain tomorrow to mark the 15th annual V-day, part of the One Billion Rising campaign to end violence against women.
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