Children may be put off telling adults about something harmful they’re not supposed to have seen.
- Professor of the Sociology of Gender and Education, Institute of Education, UCL
New guidance states schools must not permit trans pupils to use the bathroom of their identified gender, but they still have a duty to safeguard them.
Young people are already very familiar with and dealing with the mundane reality of misogyny in their everyday lives.
Our research has found that young people rarely report their experiences.
Thousands of teenagers have spoken up about sexual violence and harassment in secondary education on the Everyone’s Invited site.
Women don’t feel safe outside and they don’t feel safe inside. Street lighting doesn’t solve the problem.
It’s not a witch hunt, it’s not a joke and it really does matter.
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