{"id":816174,"date":"2026-10-28T04:54:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T04:54:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/816174\/"},"modified":"2026-10-28T04:54:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T04:54:10","slug":"uk-government-to-give-15m-to-anti-misogyny-fund-amid-manosphere-concerns-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/816174\/","title":{"rendered":"UK government to give \u00a315m to anti-misogyny fund amid \u2018manosphere\u2019 concerns | Women"},"content":{"rendered":"

The chancellor will give \u00a315m to a dedicated fund to tackle misogyny in workplaces, schools and public places amid concerns in government about the rise of \u201cmanosphere\u201d influencers.<\/p>\n

The women and equalities minister, Bridget Phillipson<\/a>, will helm the UK-wide fund, announced last month, marking the first time there has been specific national cash to address misogyny.<\/p>\n

The government said organisations could bid for money from the misogyny prevention fund to provide services including mentoring for young people, workplace training and awareness campaigns to improve safety for women and girls. Ministers will also seek match funding from corporate partners and philanthropists to grow the amount of cash available.<\/p>\n

Campaigns that have drawn praise in the past \u2013 which could be funded nationwide \u2013 are Transport for London\u2019s poster campaigns and adverts that encouraged other men to intervene when they saw abusive behaviour taking place, including the \u201cHave a Word\u201d and \u201cSay Maaate to a Mate\u201d campaigns to challenge misogyny.<\/p>\n

The campaigns won advertising awards but some critics argued they had done relatively little<\/a> to address the major threats of violence against women and girls.<\/p>\n

Phillipson, who announced her misogyny prevention taskforce last month, said the fund\u2019s aim was to educate and prevent everyday sexism.<\/p>\n

\u201cDay to day misogyny \u2013 from sexist slurs and harassment to workplace discrimination \u2013 quite simply has no place in modern Britain,\u201d she said, announcing the funding.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe time for talk has long passed, which is why this government is putting its money where its mouth is when it comes to supporting women and girls. This funding is a critical step as we work to confine misogyny to the history books, where it belongs.<\/p>\n

\u201cGovernment is leading from the front, but we all have a role to play. Everyone \u2013 from big business to members of the public \u2013 can do their bit to stamp out misogyny and improve the lives of women and girls everywhere.\u201d<\/p>\n

Protesters in Glasgow at a Reclaim the Night demonstration this month. Photograph: Murdo MacLeod\/The Guardian<\/p>\n

The chancellor, John Healey<\/a>, who is expected to confirm the \u00a315m in the budget on Wednesday, said: \u201cEvery woman and girl deserves to feel safe, respected and able to pursue their ambitions \u2013 at school, at work and in their communities.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis investment will back practical action to tackle misogyny head-on, while bringing businesses and philanthropists on board so we can go even further \u2013 giving women and girls more opportunity to succeed and hope for the future.\u201d<\/p>\n

The government has previously announced a separate fund to tackle misogynistic influences in schools, as part of the violence against women and girls strategy. That \u00a320m package is intended to provide new funding and materials for schools to address relationship issues, online misogyny and misinformation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The chancellor will give \u00a315m to a dedicated fund to tackle misogyny in workplaces, schools and public places…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":816175,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-816174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/816174","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=816174"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/816174\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/816175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=816174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=816174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=816174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}