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Responding to Violence Against Women and Gender Inequality in the UK
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English — UKPublished
Updated
Overview
About This Lesson
This lesson is a guide for teachers to begin conversations with their students about violence against women, its societal causes, and the events that surround it. Such conversations are always difficult for teachers to facilitate as there are challenges to teaching sensitive material, but when we don’t address such content in the classroom, we risk normalising it.
Before you teach sensitive material in the classroom, we recommend that you connect with yourself and your own feelings, reflecting on how your identity and experiences impact how you relate to the content. It is also worth coordinating with colleagues to ensure students have space to reflect on the event, while also helping to avoid repeating the same conversations with students throughout the day.
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