Rejected petition All children have the right to same-gender changing arrangements

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Currently, until the age of 11, children may be required to change for Physical Education (PE) and other school events together. There is no regulation that protects girls and boys from changing in front of the opposite sex. This is a direct contravention of every child’s right to privacy. It encourages teasing, poor body image and inability to determine what is right from wrong when children are faced with decisions to say ‘NO’ when it comes to their own bodies. They are just made to comply, regardless of how this makes them feel.

The government needs to review this regulation. Children as young as five should be allowed to change without the opposite gender.

This petition was rejected

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It’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK Government or Parliament to do.

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Date submitted 15 October 2013
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