Speaking Out Learning Resource Audio-visual Material

The film and audio oral history interview excerpts below are used as primary source material throughout the lessons in the Speaking Out young people’s learning resource.

For ease of use the material has been divided according to which lesson it’s used in.

Please be aware that some of the interview subjects discuss issues which some listeners may find upsetting (e.g. details of domestic abuse experience).

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Speaking Out Learning Resource, Lesson 2, Activity 1: Pamela, domestic abuse survivor
Speaking Out Learning Resource: Lesson 2, Activity 3: Heather, former Ross-shire Women's Aid manager
Speaking Out Learning Resource, Lesson 3, Activity 1: Jackie Baillie, MSP and former Women's Aid volunteer
Speaking Out Learning Resource, Lesson 3, Activity 2: Sinead, former Women's Aid worker
Speaking Out Learning Resource, Lesson 3, Activity 2: Marilyn, former Ross-shire Women's Aid worker
Speaking Out Learning Resource, Lesson 3, Activity 2: Dr Rebecca Dobash, violence against women researcher
Speaking Out Learning Resource, Lesson 3 Activity 2: Lorraine, Current East Dunbartonshire Women's Aid worker
Speaking Out Learning Resource, Lesson 3, Activity 2: Marion M., domestic abuse survivor
Speaking Out Learning Resource, Lesson 3, Activity 2: Lily, Former chief executive, Scottish Women's Aid

Film: Speaking Out: Recalling Women’s Aid in Scotland

These media resources are intended to be used alongside the downloadable lessons available in Speaking Out Learning Resource Downloads. Links to references & further reading are also available.

This project was funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund, and was a partnership between Scottish Women’s Aid, Glasgow Women’s Library, the Glasgow University Centre for Gender History and Women’s History Scotland.

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