Preventing Violence against Women and Girls: Educational Work with Children and Young People

by Jane Ellis (Editor), Ravi Thiara (Editor)

Overview

This is the first book-length work aimed at helping people understand the scope and potential of efforts to educate children and young people about violence against women and girls. It brings together international examples of research and practice, offering insight into the theoretical underpinnings of educational efforts and debates, as well as key lessons for practice that acknowledge the complexity of developing, implementing, and evaluating such work.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781447318590
Publisher:	Policy Press at the Univ of Bristol
Publication date:	12/15/2014
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	5.60(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Jane Ellis is a senior research fellow at the University of Central Lancashire. Ravi Thiara is principal research fellow at the University of Warwick.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Jane Ellis and Ravi Thiara

Preventing violence against women and girls through education: dilemmas and challenges
Jane Ellis

Does Gender Matter in Violence Prevention Programs?
Leslie Tutty

Responding to sexual violence in girls’ intimate relationships: The role of schools
Christine Barter

‘Pandora’s Box’: Challenging Violence against Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) Women and Girls
Hananna Siddiqui and Anita Bhardwaj

Preventing violence against women and girls: utilising a ‘whole-school approach’
Claire Maxwell and Peter Aggleton

What did you learn in school today? Creating effective spaces for domestic violence prevention work with young people
Pattie Friend

No Silent Witnesses
Chris Greenwood

Preventing sexual violence: the role of the voluntary sector
Michelle Barry and Jo Pearce

‘Boys think girls are toys’: sexual exploitation and young people
Ravi K. Thiara and Maddy Coy

MsUnderstood: The benefits of engaging young women in anti-violence policy and services
Carlene Firmin

Shifting Boundaries: Lessons on Relationships for Students in Middle School
Nan Stein

Concluding Remarks
Jane Ellis and Ravi Thiara

Editorial Reviews

“This multidisciplinary book is a powerful collection of scholarly chapters from leading researchers and experts. . . . By bringing together international examples of research and practice, editors Ellis and Thiara provide an insightful resource that captures the complexities and challenges of developing, implementing, and evaluating educational work to prevent violence against women and girls. Through the work of prominent researchers thoughtfully threaded throughout eleven discerning chapters, the book offers a framework that supports the significance and value of intervention as it relates to educational systems. This volume should be a staple reference for parents and practitioners who seek a comprehensive review and evidence-based techniques to effectively address factors associated with violence against women and girls. . . . Highly recommended.

Choice - M. Wong-Lo

“In bringing together insights from both practitioners and researchers in the UK and North America, this highly welcome edited collection addresses an important gap in current VAWG literature.”

Melanie McCarry

“A valuable book which brings together research and practice and attends to all the dilemmas that arise about defensiveness, victim-blaming and the need to avoid individualized analyses. It should be read widely.”

Pam Alldred

“This important and timely collection places the prevention of violence against women and girls as central to the work of education in schools and beyond and explores how this can be achieved."

Moira Carmody