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Ending violence against women and girls
Who are we? What is our mission?
Young Hackney wants to end violence against women and girls and create a safer, more inclusive Hackney community.
We are working together with young people and services across the council to develop groups, programmes and events that are focused on ending VAWG.
If you’re interested in getting involved in our programmes, please keep an eye on these pages for upcoming news and events!
Why?
Why ending violence against women and girls is important – the statistics
- Between April 2020 and March 2021, 177 women were murdered in England and Wales. Where the suspect was known – 92% of women were killed by men in the year ending March 2021.
- In the year ending March 2020 an estimated that 4.9 million women had been victims of sexual assault in their lifetimes
- 7 out of 10 women have experienced some form of sexual harassment in public
- 1 in 4 women experience domestic abuse during their lifetime
- In Hackney around 20 per cent of all high-risk domestic abuse involves adult sons abusing their mothers
- In the past 10 years out of all killings, more than 9 in 10 killers were men
- In the past year out of the total number of rapes, 98.5% of the rapists were identified as men
Groups and programmes
Young Hackney – Ending Violence Against Women and Girls – Young Leaders Group
Calling all young leaders! Are you aged 14+? Are you passionate? Would you like to make a difference in your community?
Young Hackney wants to work together with a group of young leaders to help tackle violence against women and girls (VAWG) in our community.
We will be offering participation in unique events & specialist workshops and to feed into Hackney Council’s decision-making.
Our focus:
- Preventing and reducing VAWG
- Supporting all victims and survivors
- Holding perpetrators to account
- Building trust and confidence
Please sign up below, and come and join us to learn more about our mission and how you can contribute and get involved.
Date: Weekly on Thursdays
Time: 6pm – 7:30pm
Venue: Forest Road Youth Hub, 29 Forest Rd, London E8 3BY
16 Days of Activism: Our event programme
The 16 Days of Activism against gender-based violence is an annual international campaign that kicks off on 25 November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, and runs until 10 December, Human Rights Day.
Every year, the UNITE campaign focuses on a specific theme and this year’s is centred around ending digital violence against all women and girls. The campaign calls on citizens to show how much they care about ending violence against women and girls by sharing the actions they are taking to create a world free from violence towards women.
Want to get involved? You can drop in to one of our events during the 16 Days of Activism:
Make your mark: Join us for one of our stencilling nights
As part of our 16 Days of Activism campaign against gender-based violence, we will be stencilling the slogan ‘Harassment is a crime, don’t cross the line’ around Hackney with the Hackney Nights team.
- Tuesday 18 November, Forest Road Youth Hub, 5-7pm
- Thursday 20 November, The Edge Youth Hub, 5-7pm
Ending violence against women and girls march
Join us as we march from Forest Road Youth Hub to Hackney Town Hall to advocate for survivors, address misogyny, and demand an end to violence against women and girls. Register here for free.
- Tuesday 25 November, Forest Road Youth Hub, 6-8pm
Creative sessions at our youth hubs
How can we stop violence against women and girls? We’ll be hosting spaces for you to create written pledges and reflect on the question through arts, podcasts and more at our hubs.
- Monday 24 November – Friday 28 November, Forest Road & The Edge Youth Hubs, 3.30-8.30pm
- Monday 1 December – Friday 5 December, Forest Road & The Edge Youth Hubs, 3.30-8.30pm
Addressing toxic masculinity workshop
Join our health and wellbeing team as they explore toxic masculinity at this workshop.
- Monday 24 November, Forest Road Youth Hub, 6-8pm
- Monday 1 December, Forest Road Youth Hub, 6-8pm
Drop-in and speak to our sexual health nurse at The Edge
- Thursday 4 December, The Edge Youth Hub, 4.30-6.30pm
How to access support
If you need support around sexual harassment you can call 101 or contact one of the organisations below:
- Rights of Women Helpline: Employment legal advice to women experiencing sexual harassment at work
020 7490 0152, Monday 6pm – 8pm and Tuesday 5pm – 7pm
Rightsofwomen.org.uk - Hospitality Action Helpline: Support for those working in hospitality facing any kind of difficulties
0808 802 0282 (24/7)
Hospitalityaction.org.uk - Equality Advice and Support Service: Advice and assistance about any type of discrimination at work
0808 800 0082, 9am – 7pm daily
Equalityadvisoryservice.com - National Rape Crisis Helpline: For emotional support and info about local sexual violence support services
0808 802 9999, 12pm – 2.30pm & 7pm – 9.30pm daily
or online chat via rapecrisis.org.uk - Switchboard LGBTQ+ Helpline: Confidential helpline run by and for LGBTQ+ people
0300 330 0630, 10am – 10pm daily
switchboard.lgbt - Domestic Abuse Intervention Service: Support to Hackney residents experiencing domestic abuse
020 8356 4458 or 0800 056 0905 (free from a landline), Monday – Friday 9.30am – 5pm
email dais@hackney.gov.uk - The new #DontCrossTheLine campaign is part of the Council’s ongoing project, Hackney Nights, which works to prevent crime and anti-social behaviour in the borough’s nightlife spaces. Our venues are trained to deal with all instances of sexual harassment and misogyny.In the past year Hackney has trained over 2000 nightlife staff in sexual harassment as part of the Hackney Nights project. This has seen an increase in incident reports; particularly incidents considered ‘low level’, which were normally massively underreported. Increased reporting is extremely positive and the #DontCrossTheLine campaign aims to build on this.
