Sexual Harassment in South Yorkshire Schools- Report available online

The Sexual Harassment in South Yorkshire Schools Report is now available online: https://learnsheffield.co.uk/Projects/Developing-Healthy-Attitudes/Documents/VAWG-in-Schools/DHA%20Sexual%20Harassment%20Report.pdf

This formed part of the Developing Healthy Attitudes project, which is funded by the South Yorkshire Violence Reduction Unit.

The report follows a series of workshops across a number of settings in South Yorkshire in which students were given knowledge of what is meant by Sexual Harassment, techniques to deal with it, and information about the law and what a good ally can do to mitigate matters and offer support safely. The students were then asked about their experiences and knowledge of Sexual Harassment in their schools, what their school did well to support them and what the school or the education system in general could do to support them and their peers.

The report highlights the prevalence of sexual harassment in the lives of secondary age pupils across South Yorkshire. The voice of more than 200 young people was captured through a series of workshops and activities across nine secondary schools and youth parliaments in the region. Feedback demonstrates the impact of online activity and pornography on the lives of young people and how this is giving rise to increasingly negative attitudes to women and girls.