The Festival Five
This summer, let's make music festivals safer spaces for women. We're offering five ways men and boys can help to do this. Check out our Festival Five before heading to the next gig you attend.
NO! Not a summertime of silence at music festivals
The number of women who have experienced sexual violence at music festivals is shocking and needs to stop. We cannot leave it up to women to keep themselves safe. Men must step up, call out other men, and have conversations with their mates about how to make a difference.
New campaign focusing on men's behaviour at live music events.
New festival and gig campaign to make men accountable for violence against women
HOPE Not Hate festival in Bradford
Bradford Council hosted the HOPE Not Hate festival last week. Our CEO Anthea Sully was present at our stall, talking to festivalgoers about the importance of the campaign, particularly in music. Ikram Butt, project coordinator for the campaign, gave a rousing speech about audiences being active bystanders and awareness of the issue of violence against women at festivals.
'Shocking' new research into sexual violence at UK music festivals
A recent YouGov report found that one in five festivalgoers – and more than two in five of those who are female and under 40 – say they have been sexually assaulted or harassed at a UK festival.
30% of female festivalgoers of all ages and 43% of those under 40 said they had faced some kind of…