strategy

Campaigning to reduce the age of consent

Synonyms:
Reducing legal differences between countries adolescent sex
Implementation:
A 1996 proposal to lower the age of consent in Belgium from 16 to 14 was rejected by the Christian Democrat Party. It was part of a draft document on the modernization of the laws relating to physical and sexual abuse, which suggests ways of changing the vague and sometimes contradictory laws relating to violence in the family to better protect women and children.
Type Classification:
E: Emanations of other strategies
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
GOAL 5: Gender EqualityGOAL 16: Peace and Justice Strong Institutions