Chanel Contos launches final push for mandatory consent education across the nation

Consent advocate Chanel Contos has launched a nation-wide campaign to further the conversation about consent education across Australia.

In the wake of New South Wales and Victoria implementing an affirmative model of consent, and in anticipation of the Federal Government's five-year review of the national school curriculum in December, Contos is aiming to build awareness about the necessity for a consisent and mandatory consent education framework across the whole country.

"This is our final push to mandate consent education in every school in Australia," Contos says.

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"We hope this campaign keeps conversations going about rape culture and the role education has in demolishing it," she continues.

The campaign's launch coincides with the International Day of Consent, which is on November 30.

"At this time, let's not forget how transformative education can be in creating a respectful, healthy, and harm-free Australia."

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The campaign will be delivered through outdoor media — such as posters — and across social media platforms Facebook and Instagram.

Contos' campaign, which is being pushed out by her charity Teach Us Consent, aims to provide clear, no-nonsense context to the issue of consent, and how it seeps into the everyday lives of Australians.

Calling back to the Federal Government's controversial $3.8 million sex education campaign — which likened consent, respectful sex and sexual assault to tacos, milkshakes and swimming in shark-infested waters — Contos says that part of teaching consent effectively is to "say it how it is."

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"We can't teach [Australians] about sex properly talking about 'the birds and bees', we can't teach consent talking about milkshakes and tacos," Contos says.

"Say it how it is and use the opportunity to reduce gender-based violence in our society.

"It's not just catcalling, it's sexual harassment. Most of our population doesn't know that because they were never taught that. Our generation is changing this."