Australian schools will soon be provided with more material about consent, respectful relationships and sexual abuse for students from prep to year 12.
Former Sydney school student Chanel Contos, 22, has launched a petition called Teach Us Consent, which advocates for earlier and improved sex education.
Federal Education Minister Alan Tudge says he admires the courage of Ms Contos and others who have shared stories after being encouraged by her petition. I ve got to say I ve been quite shocked at the extent of the number of people who are coming forward, he told Sky News on Thursday.
The petition has sparked almost 3,000 testimonies from women who experienced sexual abuse or misconduct at school.
Thousands of women will take to the streets on Monday to protest the response to sexual assault allegations in federal politics.
Protests will take place in capital cities from 12pm on Monday to sync up with the women marching on parliament house in Canberra.
Dr Kate Ahmad and Dr Anita Hutchison will lead the protest to deliver a petition - signed by more than 80,000 people - demanding an inquiry into the conduct of attorney general Christian Porter.
Mr Porter was accused of sexually assaulting a woman when the pair were teenagers after a debating competition in 1988. The accuser has since died by suicide.
Queensland will review its sex education protocols in schools after learning of a sexual abuse epidemic among teenagers.
Chanel Contos, a 22-year-old Kambala School alumni in Sydney, drew attention to the crisis after creating a petition demanding more thorough lessons on consent in classrooms.
What started as a Sydney-based petition highlighting a damaging culture among elite private schools soon spread nationwide.
Some 5,000 victims have shared harrowing testimonies of being sexually abused as teenagers - with some not realising until years later that they were victims.
The 22-year-old Kambala School alumni received up to 5,000 responses from women sharing harrowing stories of sexual abuse while attending some of Sydney s most elite private schools
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Thousands of schoolgirls have shared their horrific tales of alleged rape and assault at the hands of teenage boys from Australia s most elite schools.
Chanel Contos, 22, has collected the testimonies of former and current students who claim they were abused at the hands of boyfriends or other male pupils.
The testimonies emerged after the former Kambala School student launched a petition demanding improved sex education in private schools.
Their harrowing stories have revealed many of the alleged sexual assault victims blamed themselves for what happened - and only learned years later the truth about their experiences.
Disturbing stories of alleged rape and sexual assault have shown the lack of awareness of consent by young girls as they only realise they were assaulted years later. Pictured: Chanel Contos started a petition to address rape culture within schools