About this Event
This free 2 hour workshop, designed by HERSANA aims to help services, businesses,
community groups and public members understand the importance of how to become
active bystanders. This session gives people the skills to recognise and challenge
misogynistic behaviour in their everyday life as well as empower them take a safe and
active stand against discrimination across a range of protected characteristics (such as
gender, sexuality and ethnicity).
Who is it for?
This course is designed for anyone who would like to find out more about anti-social
behaviours, sexual harassment and misogyny and how to intervene when witnessing such
behaviours.
What will I learn?
- How to recognise anti-social, sexual harassment and misogynistic behaviour and understand how it contributes to unsafe public spaces for certain groups of people.
- Understand the impact of sexual harassment and misogynistic behaviour.
- Learn and practice tools and techniques to challenge this behaviour in a safe way.
Session Outline
Through an exploration of a series of scenarios and role play, using film and a
comprehensive handbook, the Bystander Intervention Training course creates a safe
environment to explore the ideas and teaches trainees how to intervene as an active
bystander across a range of settings.
- Recognising harassment, misogynistic and anti-social behaviour.
- Understand how the above contribute to unsafe public spaces.
- Understand the impact of harassment and anti-social behaviour.
- Learn and practice tools and techniques to challenge this behaviour in a safe way.
- Introduction to resources and safe spaces available to people at-risk and survivors of harassment and gender-based abuse.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
LSBU Croydon Campus, 3 Wellesley Road, Croydon, United Kingdom
GBP 0.00
