Medium Cost Interventions
12. Early Education in Schools
Integrating gender equality, respectful relationships, and VAWG prevention into the early-school curriculum. Trains teachers, engages communities, and creates safe learning environments. Prevents violence before it starts, shifts harmful norms and stereotypes, empowers children to speak out/seek help, creates safer schools and communities, and builds long-term resilience against abuse.
Curriculum dev & adaptation £3,000-£10,000 per school
Teacher training (whole school) ~£10,000
Materials & resources £1,000-£3,000
Monitoring & evaluation £2,000-£5,000
Community engagement £1,000-£2,000
Total £15,000-£30,000
Needs assessment & planning 2-3 weeks
Curriculum integration & approval 4-6 weeks
Staff training 2-4 weeks
Pilot delivery & feedback 6-8 weeks
Full implementation 1 school term
Total 4-6 months
Refresher training £2,000-£5,000
Curriculum updates & materials £1,000-£2,000
Monitoring & evaluation £2,000 per annum
Community engagement £1,000 per annum
Total Annual Maintenance Costs £6,000-£10,000 per school
Effectiveness
School based education is one of the few VAWG interventions with consistent, high quality evidence of effectiveness, especially when delivered over time with behavioural components. This is the case across both primary and secondary schools. Well designed gender-equality education in schools can reduce violence rates by 30-50% within 2-3 years, and reduce peer violence by 59% against girls. With 97% of UK women aged 18-24 having experienced harassment, school-level preventative work is critical.