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There is “a strong and consistent association between gender inequality and violence against women” says the Senedd equality committee<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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The Conservatives were the only Senedd party group to refuse an offer of training on sexism and sexual harassment.<\/p>\n

A spokesperson for the Tory Senedd leader at the time, Andrew RT Davies, has said it was “left to the discretion of the individual” to take up training opportunities.<\/p>\n

A spokesperson for current leader Darren Millar said the party “takes the issue of gender-based violence extremely seriously” and a session for group members is now “being scheduled”.<\/p>\n

Undertaking the training was a recommendation from the Senedd’s cross-party equality committee. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Last year the Senedd’s Equality and Social Justice Committee published a report <\/a>entitled “How we must all play our part: a public health approach to halting the epidemic in gender-based violence”.<\/p>\n

One of its recommendations called for Members of the Senedd to commit to undertaking training on preventing gender-based violence (GBV) by the end of 2024.<\/p>\n

The Senedd Commission – which runs the institution from day to day – agreed to arrange the training by an outside organisation in autumn 2024, covering in particular three areas highlighted by the committee. <\/p>\n

These were:<\/p>\n