Freedom From Abuse: Scandal of the Next Century

Trigger Warning: Child Abuse & Sexual Assault

Sexual violence and sexual harassment between children is a serious public health and human rights issue.

In June 2021, after thousands of young people had disclosed the prevalence of “rape culture” through the website Everyone’s Invited, Ofsted published a rapid review of sexual abuse in schools and colleges. This found that harmful sexual behaviours such as some forms of sexual harassment and online sexual abuse have become so ‘commonplace’ that children and young people consider them normal and don’t see the point in reporting them.

MP Maria Miller - Chair of the Commons Women and Equalities Select Committee when they published a landmark report in 2016 exposing sexual harassment,

abuse and violence in England’s schools - commented that this was a “massive safeguarding failure by Ofsted”.

But is singling out institutions in the schools’ inspection framework the answer to this complex problem? And what can be done by educators and others working with young people to promote equality and respect?

Freedom From Abuse and Leigh Day present a conference that looks in depth at these issues with contributions from leading experts in education leadership, violence prevention, law, and safeguarding, and a presentation from Dr Gail Dines on the impact of porn on teen sexuality.

Видео Freedom From Abuse: Scandal of the Next Century канала Leigh Day