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Rachel Marcus, Senior Research Fellow, Gender Equality & Social Inclusion, ODI Global

Growing ‘anti-gender’ movements are trying to restrict equality and sex education in schools around the world

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The start of a new Trump presidency in the US may well signal the introduction of policies that limit the knowledge children can access in schools.

Already, districts in states across the US are able to ban books from schools and libraries, often on topics such as race and LGBTQ+ identities. And during the presidential campaign, Trump said that he would withhold federal funding from schools that “recognise transgender identities”.

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