JOIN US! We've got places available on our next volunteer training on 25th Aug & 1st Sept (you must be available for both days). Learn how to deliver fun schools workshops to teenage boys on masculinity, gender & equality. Email rebecca
@goodladinitiative
.com to book your place
Wednesday 12th is the release day! Armour by
@blue_zoo
&
@beyond_equality
. The short film addresses pressures to fit in, how our actions affect others and much more. The teams worked closely on this one and we hope you can feel the story close to you.
#BZShorts
New study by
@votesforschools
shows that more than 50% of students are not comfortable calling out misogyny.
Another reason we provide the space to carry out hard discussions on what this behaviour looks like and how harmful it is.
See more on their page, an absolute must read
@KaneLewis91
@ginamartinuk
@snarlyraejepsen
We were! And we are running our Exploring Masculinities and Allyship training for Men on January, February and March too, you can sign up here:
We will love to see you all there!
๐We've finished another volunteer induction, training these lovely men to run
#genderequality
&
#masculinity
workshops in secondary schools.
Really excited to get Jolly, Monty, Steve, Sandy, Moin, Mac, & Brian out there running workshops (pic here with GLI's Rebecca & Dan) ๐
EXCITING NEWS!! We are thrilled to announce our project "Collective Resilience in Community Settings" Funded by
@Movember
. The project will work with men across 11 locations, in a variety of sports and community settings, including with socially disadvantaged communities.
16 days of reflection and action | Sign up for daily email prompts and to attend 3 online meet ups (each Friday at lunch time)
Learn, reflect, support and take action to prevent violence in your communities.
SIGN UP:
We had pleasure to be part of this special with
@LaurenLayfield
,
@ginamartinuk
and many other amazing advocates for gender equality. If you have 30 minutes, you should definitely check it out!
Why is sexism still such an problem for girls - and for boys? Let's Talk About Sexism: A Newsround Special with
@LaurenLayfield
is on
@cbbc
tonight at 6pm and on
@BBCiPlayer
. You can also watch it, and find out more, on the Newsround website ๐
Boys won't be boys,
They'll be what we teach them to be
Beyond Equality statement on the need for men to end violence against women
Sign up as a community ally
Donate to our community fundraiser -
TW: Violence against women.
Thank you
@BBCNews
for having our Managing Director, Dr. Daniel Guinness to discuss the recent findings of over 1,500 police accused of violence against women and girls.
#BoysattheXRoads
Last Friday we were at this amazing conference in Bristol. What struck me was that across the board, a core tenet of people's work was empathy and compassion - whether trying to get young men to join a mental health support group, football club, 1/2
We want to provide some avenues for those men who want to be part of the long-term process of building a safer society.
If you'd like to traing to be part of our volunteers or community allies, please sign up here:
Here are some tips...
Three things you can ask yourself before engaging in a conversation about gender equality:
1. Is what I'm about to say contributing to this discussion or am I using it as an opportunity to defend myself?
1/2
We look forward to this event on Friday where Dan will share panel with Senior Lecturer
@Finn_Mackay
and student Abdallah Abdirahamn. See you soon Bristol!
Our Head of Facilitation,
@TheRealBenHurst
, is nominated for
@weareAllBright
BritghtList Male Allyship Award!
Ben has been with BE since 2016 and is a driving force of our work. We are so proud of him!
โ Vote for Ben today!โ
We are very happy to announce that Gina Martin is joining our community as an ambassador!
@ginamartinuk
is a campaigner and writer, mainly known for her campaign to make upskirting illegal in England and Wales, which resulted in the Voyeurism Act 2019. ๐
Thrilled to be working with
@Derbyshirecc
, and grateful for the opportunity to facilitate training across
#derbyshire
schools.
Thank you to the council and we look forward to working collaboratively!
On International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Intersexism & Transphobia we remember all those we have lost to violence & intolerance. Until everyone can love and live in freedom, there is still work to do.
โค๏ธ๐งก๐๐๐๐
#IDAHOTBIT
#TodayAndEveryDay
Thank you
@cpbgroup
for this work. We all have unconscious biases surrounding gender, race, ability, socioeconomic status, just to name a few. In order to end them, we need to confront these biases and have an open dialogue with one another.
Tom Ross-Williams spoke very eloquently about our workshops in schools. There is a urgent need to allow boys to find out who they want to be & understand the positive impacts they can have on those around them - all outside of patriarchy masculinity.
With the conversation continuing about what role men can play in creating safer streets and preventing VAWG, our Director Dan Guinness is on radio this morning
8.05 - BBC Radio 5 Live
9.00 - Times Radio
10.20 - LBC
How do we even begin to talk about sex with Boys?? Well, you can join us in this event 'Talking about Sex with Boys' with
@ginamartinuk
. It's a pay what you like! Sign up here:
Richie from Beyond Equality will be at the Evidence Sessions where MPs question academics and experts on the attitudes towards women and girls in higher educational settings as part of the Women and Equalities Committee's work into Preventing Violence Against Women and Girls.
"Teaching boys not to 'stalk for love'". Important conversations need to be had with men and boys about how to deal with rejection and that enthusiastic consent is not just reserved for the bedroom
This has been highly requested! Building Healthy Relationships at Schools. Join us in this event with the amazing
@ginamartinuk
@TheRealBenHurst
and our amazing guests
@sholmeslewis
and Nimue Miles. Sign up here ๐
"We used to work with around 75 schools a year & last year alone we worked with 400 and we also held a teachers' forum and had teachers from over 700 schools attending. There's a huge willingness to learn" Change is possible but we need to keep working and maximizing our efforts
Georgia Harrison Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer, Emily Atack, and shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper at a roundtable on tackling violence against women and girls at the St Giles Trust in Camberwell, south London.
Still looking for that perfect present? Here's our top Christmas picks:
1) Moebius Pendant from
@birdsonglondon
(); 2) Supplies for refugee families
#ChooseLove
(); 3) How Not to Be a Boy by
@arobertwebb
()
Our lead facilitator for Manchester & North of England, Matt, talked to Global Radio Leeds today about the importance of our work in Schools. Catch the interview at 4, 5, 6pm on Heart and Capital FM Yorkshire.
That's right, the new
#BZShorts
film has a release date! The film addresses masculinities, pressures to fit in, and how our actions might affect others. We can't wait for you to see it ๐
Follow
@Beyond_Equality
to watch Armour, directed by
@AlexandraDavy
, on October 12th ๐ก
So, what is the
#Men4Change
toolkit?
Created by Dr.
@craigh_
and Dr. Fiona O'Rourke of
@DigiPolCentre
at the
@LivUni
, the toolkit is a resource for those who work with young men to reflect on gender, masculinity & what it means to be a man in the UK today.
We are deeply saddened to hear of the senseless murder of yet another woman at the hands of a violent man. 23 year old Ashling Murphy was murdered on Wednesday afternoon in Tullamore, County Offaly.
This has happened today! We (amongst these incredible activists) went to the
@HouseofCommons
as witnesses to push for Sexual Violence Prevention in Higher Education
What a great piece of writing on men and Feminism - our fave quote attached here! Thanks for addressing this,
@arobertwebb
(and for giving us a nice shout out :-D )
We're so excited that
@TheRealBenHurst
's TEDxLondonWomen talk is now online.
Seems like someone was pulling apart the term "boys will be boys" before
#Gillette
jumped on the bandwagon ๐
Check out Great Men volunteer Jordan talking to
@sportrelief
about
#vulnerability
and about how difficult it is for men, and particularly black men, to express their emotions and ask for help. Thank you for sharing your story, Jordan!
Have you seen this yet? Our wonderful Great Men Project Manager
@BrockwayDavid
explains "Why the phrase 'man up' is so destructive" in this
@bbcideas
video
ENOUGH. In recient research for this campaign, at least 1 in 5 people admitted that they didn't know what to do when witnessing abusive behaviours. The reality is that the most powerful step is to stop the violence in the first place, and that's going to take all of us.
"One thing is clear: healing cannot happen in isolation โ we desperately need each otherโs support."
Check out this timely piece by Sanah Ahsan in today's
@guardian
Domestic violence in the UK goes up by 26% when the England national football team plays. It goes up to 38% when England loses a football game. Moreover, especially after the game last night, England players Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho & Bukayo Saka have been racially abused
2/2
2. Do my comments risk to invalidate the other person's feelings or experiences?
3. Have I reflected at all on how I could do more to help create change?
Women should be safe from male violence whilst out exercising, women should be safe from male violence whilst walking home alone at night, women should be safe from male violence whilst at work, women should be safe from male violence whilst on a night out.
Public Harassment is a widespread issue, what is more rare is that it's caught on video. We know most men we speak with wouldn't want to be associated with this behaviour, but too many do things like this, or encourage them. All men should be active in preventing 1/5
#EmmaGrayson
Itโs incredibly depressing how so many of the comments on this video are along the lines of โyou must have been wearing something skimpyโ - how are we STILL here?
Our partner
@FomeUganda
(Foundation for Male Engagement) has organised some awesome 16 days of activism, we had a look through and wanted to share the account so you can follow them!
We're establishing an independent advisory panel to strengthen a future collaboration on masculinities in primary schools
Can you recommend key researchers on masculinity and on early child development, policymakers, lobby/ campaign org., journalists, primary teachers etc.?
The One Show spent some time last week with Ben Hurst, Richie Benson and a group of uni students & volunteers on our work with teams at UK unis. They'll screen the clip tonight live from 7pm on BBC1
CALL OUT: We're looking for some teams, clubs or groups of men to take part in the launch of a new toolkit developed by the
@LivUni
#ladsonsocialmedia
project, in conjunction with Beyond Equality. Sign up here:
Our core mission is to use
#animation
as a force for good and our latest
#BZShorts
film sets out to do this and has been our most challenging and important short to date.
โArmourโ directed by
@Alexandradavy
premieres on YouTube at 5pm BST here:
โManchester United Mason Greenwood is the third public case of an arrest of a top-flight footballer for sexual violence this seasonโ. We want to send all our support to all victims of sexual and domestic violence.
We're so excited it's
#backtoschool
week! So looking forward to another year of running workshops with some more smart, kind, funny, cheeky, lovely boys and young men this year! If you want to book a workshop for your school contact david
@goodladinitiative
.com
Join us at the 2023 Teaching and Learning Leeds Conference this Saturday at
@TheGSAL
Our own Rosephine Fernandes, Nathaniel Horne and Richie Benson will be there and facilitating two workshops on Rethinking Masculinities.
Get your tickets here:
Tomorrow is the day! We invite you to join the 16 Days Of Reflection and Action Challenge. Itโs a journey we have made for you to equip you with the tools to start playing your part in preventing Gender-Based Violence. Sign up here!
Join us next Monday on
@ginamartinuk
Instagram live at 6pm for a conversation session to hear about some of the things we have been working on! So exciting
So, the other day we had the chance to speak to Sean who sent us a really wholesome email about his experience in one of our workshops and about his allyship process in general. Read about it in the pictures ๐
What is the role of men on International Women's Day? ๐ March 2nd 12-1PM GMT
We have a panel of amazing professionals and workshop participants that will provide their valuable insights. Really look at it ๐
A great interview in
@theipaper
featuring
@russelltovey
on how the rules of toxic masculinity led him to "feeling shame about loving drama, art and literature"
or perpetrators program, practitioners are starting with trying to connect to them as humans, and to have curiosity in their lives, issues, experiences and perspectives. 1/2
#BoysattheXRoads
Thank you to everyone who has shared our
#GoFundMe
so far. If you havenโt donated yet, please consider giving whatever you can to get us closer to out goal. No donation is too small! Pls share and thank you!
@markohalloran
Hi Mark! (and thank you Jenny for the recommendation). We would love you to come to any of our events and workshops . On our Social Media and our website you will find many resources that might be helpful too!
Did you know that boys as young as ten are reporting feeling pressure to fit physical masculine stereotypes?
As a parent, educator, sibling or friend, here are some easy ways that you can help to foster positive body image for the boys in your life.
@PsychToday
@KeringForWomen
๐ Breaking๐ (TW: sexual violence)
Beyond Equality Director Dr. Daniel Guinness will be featured on
@BBCNews
shortly (>15 min) to discuss the recent report that "Police drop most complaints of officer violence against women"
Source:
It's been great to start working (online) with young people in schools again after lockdown pause.
There's so much change happening at the moment, so it felt maybe even more important to open up these spaces for questions and sharing.
Thanks
@WetherbySenior
for having us!
We asked Year 9
@WetherbySenior
what they learned & enjoyed from the
@Beyond_Equality
workshops...... "Everyone sees things very differently", "Gender shouldn't affect what you can and can't do", "how stereotypes are damaging", "the debate & the chance to share opinions",
Yes - it is true that Ashling, and all other women, should be safe from male violence whilst simply out jogging; but women should be safe from male violence whilst performing ANY activity.
A sneak peak of next Monday's episode, Episode 51, with Ben Hurst of
@Beyond_Equality
and
@Graham_Goulden
exploring 'What if ending male violence was men's work?' It's a phenomenal conversation.
#WhatIf
Get it the moment it's released by subscribing at
Attention, podcast fans! ๐ง
This week's episode of our EDI Leaders on Campus series features Dan Guinness, founder of
@Beyond_Equality
, discussing how to educate men and boys on spotting and preventing harassment.
Hit the link below to listen ๐
Greenwoodโs alleged Sexual Violence case is yet another example of a systemic problem of excusing violence and control. We need to address this issue by preventative education & challenging the normalisation of SV across all ages & clubs, groups, teams, particularly with men&boys