The Welsh Assembly has passed a new Violence Against Women bill.

This is a landmark act but it almost failed at the last moment when women’s rights campaigners threatened to block the bill unless it included provisions to integrate schools into the country-wide scheme to prevent gender-based violence.

They were calling for each school to have a person with the training responsible for dealing with issues of violence and abuse in the home, and for healthy relationships to be part of Personal, Social and Health Education (PSHE) classes.