The Our Voices University Network (OVUN) held a webinar on 14th December 2022, 1 - 2pm GMT to explore the complexities around legally established minimum ages of consent to sexual activity as experienced by young people and those representing them.

Brief presentations addressed:

• Is the legal age of consent to sexual activity created to protect children against sexual abuse and exploitation, or to restrain children’s sexual autonomy?
• Are laws based on the dominant moral codes or on informed evidence of child development and child welfare?
• Do laws help or hinder those implementing the law in accounting for young people’s different developmental stages, and in balancing rights to protection and sexual autonomy?

To see the event flyer click here