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Outlining the Long-term Effects of Image-based Abuse and its Impact on Victim’s Lives

Between 2020 and 2022, over 60,000 pieces of sexual content were reported to the Revenge Porn Helpline. In this video Folami Prehaye, Founder of Victims of Image Based Crime shares her own experiences of image based abuse and highlights both long and short term impacts on victims to illustrate how organisations can provide trauma-informed support.

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Changing the Culture to Combat Harassment in Higher Education

In 2021, full time students were more likely to experience sexual harassment than any other occupation type. Sarah Bevan is Policy Advisor for Universities UK, she discusses the impacts of sexual and racial harassment at university, on both the student and their studies, highlighting the need for a culture change to improve support for those who have experienced harassment.

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Working in Partnership to Address Sexual Harassment within Higher Education

Between March 2018 and 2020, students in England and Wales were over three times more likely than average to have experienced sexual assault. Donny McCormick, Deputy Director of Student Support Services at the University of Roehampton discusses the importance of partnership working in creating an embedded sexual violence policy to support students.

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Working Collaboratively with Students to Deliver Consent Workshops

Between March 2018- and March 2020, students in England were over three times more likely than average to have experienced sexual assault. In this video, Dr Penny Turnbull, Assistant Director of Student Services, Kara Stewart, GotConsent Coordinator and Leonor Capelier, StaAnd Together Intern discuss how consent workshops delivered at have been developed at the University of St Andrews. These workshops have been developed with students and were adapted to meet the demands of online learning in addition to individual student needs.

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Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls: A Conversation with Chris Green

The pandemic has caused a sharp increase in violence against women and girls (VAWG) in the UK. We interviewed Chris Green OBE, founder of White Ribbon UK about the charity’s latest work and his advice on what organisations can do to engage men in tackling VAWG.

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Tackling LGBT+ Sexual Harassment in the Workplace

Sexual harassment in the workplace can take many forms, and there are specific types that affect members of the LGBT+ community. In this article we’ll be looking at the Trade Unions Congress’ (TUC) work on tackling sexual harassment towards LGBT+ workers.

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