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The UK government’s new plan has found a new way to address the violence against women and girls. According to the Sunday Telegraph, Yvette Cooper, the home secretary, has ordered a review of the counter-terrorism strategy and also to identify gaps in current legislation and examine emerging ideologies.
Under this proposal teachers, healthcare professionals and local authority could play an important role in future as they will be legally required to refer pupils they suspect of extreme misogyny to prevent.
The Prevent scheme works by placing teachers, healthcare professionals and local authority staff under a legal duty to make a referral if they believe someone is susceptible to becoming radicalised.
According to the Cambridge Dictionary, misogynist refers to showing feelings of hating women or a belief that men are much better than women.
Cooper told the Sunday Telegraph: “For too long, governments have failed to address the rise in extremism, both online and on our streets, and we’ve seen the number of young people radicalised online grow. Hateful incitement of all kinds fractures and frays the very fabric of our communities and our democracy.”
The Labour MP added: “Action against extremism has been badly hollowed out in recent years, just when it should have been needed most. That’s why I have directed the Home Office to conduct a rapid analytical sprint on extremism, to map and monitor extremist trends, to understand the evidence about what works to disrupt and divert people away from extremist views, and to identify any gaps in existing policy which need to be addressed to crack down on those pushing harmful and hateful beliefs and violence.”
The home office announced for a comprehensive review of the Prevent programme which will focus on developing a new strategic approach that involves close collaboration between the government and communities to build consensus on tackling this issue effectively.
The decision comes amidst concerns about the influence of misogynistic figures like Andrew Tate, who have been accused of radicalising teenage boys through online platforms. The rapid review is expected to be finalised by the end of Autumn and will serve as the foundation for a new counter-extremism strategy, which the Home Office plans to introduce in early 2024.
According to a report by the Daily Mail, there were 6,817 Prevent referrals in 2022-23. Among these referrals, 37 per cent were categorised as “vulnerability present but no ideology of counter-terrorism risk,” while 19 per cent were related to extreme Right-wing ideologies, and 11 per cent were associated with Islamist extremism.
