LONDON, Aug 18: The UK authorities will review the strategy to combat extremism in order to combat misogyny and may equate its most radical forms with terrorism, The Telegraph newspaper reported.
According to the publication, UK Home Secretary Yvette Cooper ordered a review of the strategy to combat extremism in order to urgently fill the gaps in the Government’s position.
The initiative is connected with concerns that opinion leaders who hold misogynistic views allegedly promote such ideas among teenage boys online.
The issue of combating violence against women and girls in the same way as Islamist and far-right extremism will be examined, the publication says, emphasizing that extreme misogyny may be equated with terrorism for the first time.
It is noted that if the initiative is approved, teachers will probably be required to report students suspected of extreme misogyny to the Prevent program for monitoring and preventing the radicalization of citizens.
It is noted that teachers, health workers and local authorities are required to report individuals prone to “radicalization” within the program, after which local authorities and the police assess the need for their de-radicalisation.
The newspaper said that the review would be completed in the fall and would form the basis of a new strategy for countering extremism, which the Home Office planned to present early next year. (UNI)
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