CHILDREN AND YOUTH
By working with schools, colleges, higher education and youth organisations, we support young people to identify the behaviours and inequalities that lead to gender inequality. Our work aims to empower children and youth by giving them the skills they need to challenge inequalities and change harmful norms. We can all can be a change maker, at any age!
Our White Ribbon Accreditation programme is available for all schools. Schools can also become one of our Supporter Organisations. If you would like White Ribbon awareness raising materials these are available to purchase from our shop.
Why do we say children and youth? The World Health Organization (WHO) defines “youth” as being between the ages of 15 and 24 . Our primary prevention works with both primary and secondary school-aged students.
White Ribbon UK Learning Resources
Our new White Ribbon Learning Resource, Building Gender Equality for young people, is now available! You can watch an introductory session with the expert practitioners involved in the development of this resource here to learn more about this tool.
About this resource
This resource will help educators working with young people to explain the concepts of gender and inequality. The aim of this tool is to enable young people to recognise the behaviours and attitudes that perpetuate gender inequality.
With this resource, we want young people to feel empowered to challenge existing cultures that encourage negative masculine traits to dominate — putting the lives of women and girls at risk.
BUILDING UPON EXISTING RSHE CURRICULUM
We’re campaigning for this resource to be used in classrooms across England and Wales to build upon the current RSHE curriculum. Help us reach even more young people by sharing this tool with education providers in your area.
ACCESSING this resource
We're a small charity with a big cause — to stop men's violence before it starts. The questions featured in this form will help us understand how and where our resources are being used. Your feedback is very beneficial to the development and funding of future resources.
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Recently at White Ribbon UK
White Ribbon Accredited Organisation Oldham Council partnered with Safeguarding Children Partnership to host the Me, Myself and I Conference for 11 local schools. Nearly 70 year nine pupils attended the event where they learned their values, attitudes and behaviours are influenced, exploring factors which may to lead things such as domestic abuse and contribute to gender inequality.
Read more about the Me, Myself and I Conference, held over White Ribbon Day 2023 in support of the #ChangeTheStory campaign, here.
The White Ribbon UK team visited Calder High School where they were welcomed by the Head Teacher Tony Guise and members of the school’s football teams, to celebrate the launch of the 2022 White Ribbon Day Campaign #TheGoal.
Read more about the launch day with students at Calder High School here.
White Ribbon UK partnered with Humberside Scouts and Jacky Bowes, High Sheriff of the East Riding of Yorkshire, to create the very first White Ribbon Scouts Badge. The badge is great opportunity for young people to learn and adopt values to contribute to a more gender equal society.
Read more about the creation of White Ribbon Badge here.
