Briefings

Primary Prevention briefing: Curb the rising tide of misogyny - invest in prevention

Briefing for MSPs ahead of the 2024 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Based Violence debate.

Extreme Misogyny is Rife in Scottish Schools: evidence of misogyny and violence

A summary of evidence of the existence and impact of misogyny and boys' violence in scottish schools

Many Good Men - MSP briefing on young people's experience of extreme misogyny

A briefing for MSPs on the Civic Digits and Zero Tolerance research on young people's experience of extreme misogyny, particularly of the manosphere and incels.

Recognising the Dangers of Artificial Intelligence (AI) Debate briefing for msps

End men's violence against disabled women

MSP briefing on 'It's all about control', research with Inclusion Scotland on men's violence against women and girls.

Equality and Modern Positive Masculinity Debate Briefing

Briefing of recommendations to develop positive masculinity in Scotland and move away from harmful forms of masculinity that lead to men's violence against women and girls. Through gender equality we can embed positive masculinity amongst men and boys and build a Scotland free from men's violence against women.

Violence against women and girls in Scottish schools

A collection of evidence of boy's violence against girls and female teachers in Scottish schools.

How to end men's violence against women

A briefing for MSPs on how primary prevention focussed on gender equality can end men's violence against women and girls.

A Fair Start: facilitating child-led play free of gender sterotypes

Our children deserve a Scotland free from men’s violence against women. But how do we create this future? One simple action we can take is to challenge gender stereotypes and facilitate genuinely child-led play.

This briefing gives nursery managers and other early years setting staff, an overview on how to combat gender stereotypes in play so children grow to expect and enact equality.

A Fair Start: Gender transformative early childhood development

How challenging gender stereotypes in the early years can help end men's violence against women and girls.

Violence in Scottish schools briefing

A briefing for the May 2023 debate on violence in schools with information on violence against women and girls in schools and how to end it.

Reform of the criminal law to address misogyny briefing

Let's Talk Education - The National Discussion Debate briefing

Briefing for MSPs ahead of the debate on the national discussion on education. Gives information on violence in Scottish schools and how to end it.