Description
The need for children and young people to learn about violence against women and girls (VAWG) has been voiced since the late 1980’s. This is the first ever book on educational work to prevent VAWG, providing the most comprehensive contribution to our knowledge and understanding in this area. By bringing together international examples of research and practice, the book offers insight into the underpinning theoretical debates and key lessons for practice, addressing the complexities and challenges of developing, implementing and evaluating educational work to prevent VAWG. This multidisciplinary book will be of interest to educationalists, VAWG and child welfare practitioners, policy makers, researchers and students.
Chapter
PREVENTING VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLS
List of tables and figures
A brief history of VAWG2 prevention policy and practice
1. Preventing violence against women and girls through education: dilemmas and challenges
Prevention in social policy
Children, risk and prevention
Reframing VAWG prevention
2. Does gender matter in violence prevention programmes?
Violence prevention programmes: an overview
The gendered aspects of violence prevention programmes
Child sexual abuse prevention programmes
Bullying prevention programmes
Sexual harassment as a major form of bullying
Dating violence prevention programmes
Sexual assault prevention programmes
3. Responding to sexual violence in girls’ intimate relationships: the role of schools
Physical and emotional violence
Instigation of sexual violence
Implications for school-based prevention and intervention
4. ‘Pandora’s Box’: preventing violence against black and minority ethnic women and girls
Pupil awareness and attitudes
Changing attitudes and behaviour
Changing school policy and ethos
5. Preventing violence against women and girls: a whole school approach
VAWG prevention programmes – the question of gender
Understanding a whole school approach
A feminist poststructuralist framework for understanding VAWG prevention work in schools
Pierre Bourdieu – dynamic between the habitus and field
6. What did you learn at school today? Education for prevention
Pan-London and Hounslow context
Resources for domestic violence prevention work
Supporting the whole school community
7. No silent witnesses: Strategies in schools to empower and support disclosure
Learning from the Cheshire experience
8. Preventing sexual violence: the role of the voluntary sector
Young people’s voices – starting where they are
‘A star is born’ – Southampton Together Against Rape
Tackling the concerns of schools
Adapting the organisational context to meet young people’s needs
Evaluation: are we getting it right for the young people of Southampton?
9. ‘Boys think girls are toys’: sexual exploitation and young people
Sexual exploitation prevention work
Prevention in education and youth settings
The sexual exploitation prevention programme
Lessons from delivering the programme
Young women’s perspectives
10. MsUnderstood: the benefits of engaging young women in antiviolence work
Impact of street gangs and serious youth violence on women and girls
Relevance of policy and practice to young women’s experiences
Gender-neutral policy and gendered lives
Establishing ‘The GAG Project’: engaging gang-affected young women in policy and service development
Benefits of gender-proofing antiviolence work
Next steps: the roles for young men and boys in prevention
11. Shifting Boundaries: lessons on relationships for students in middle school
Gender violence and sexual harassment in schools
Prevalence and impact of gender violence and sexual harassment
The use of randomised controlled trials in teen dating violence research
‘Teen Dating Violence Intervention Project’: New York City (2008–10)
Appendix: Examples of programmes in the UK
Preventing violence against women and girls
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