We have gathered together the below list of websites and reports which may be useful for both teachers/facilitators and young people in further exploring the themes of gender inequality, violence against women and girls, domestic abuse, feminism and activism covered in the Speaking Out learning resource. In addition, we have also included contact information for local Women’s Aid groups throughout Scotland.
Gender Inequality
- Close the Gap, Working Paper 17: Gender Pay Gap Statistics (2017)
- Engender – Scotland’s feminist organisation which works to make women’s inequality visible and campaigns for equality.
- Engender, Sex and Power in Scotland (2017)
- Engender, Equal Voice, Equal Power: The Case for Gender Quotas in Scotland (2016)
- Equate Scotland – organisation promoting gender equality in STEM sectors.
- Fawcett Society – the UK’s leading charity campaigning for gender equality and women’s rights.
- The Gender Ads Project – archive of historic and current representations of gender in print advertising.
- Sisterhood and After Oral History Project on the Women’s Liberation Movement in the UK. British Library.
Violence against Women and Girls
- United Nations UNITE campaign to end violence against women
- World Health Organisation violence against women factsheet
- European Union Violence Against Women: An EU-Wide Survey (2014)
fra.europa.eu/en/publication/2014/violence-against-women-eu-wide-survey-main-results-report - United Nations, Ending Violence Against Women: Form Words to Action, UN Secretary General’s Report (2006)
- National Health Service, Young People’s Attitudes towards Gendered Violence (2005)
- ScotCen Social Research, Scottish Social Attitudes Survey 2014: Attitudes to violence against women in Scotland (2015)
- Scottish Government, Equally Safe: Scotland’s Strategy to prevent and eradicate violence against women and girls (2016)
- White Ribbon Scotland – campaign organisation to involve men and boys in tackling the issue of violence against women and girls in Scotland.
- Zero Tolerance – Scottish charity campaigning to end men’s violence against women by promoting gender equality and by challenging attitudes which normalise violence and abuse.
Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence
- Scottish Government, Statistical Bulletin Crime and Justice Series: Domestic Abuse Recorded by the Police in Scotland 2009-2010
- Scottish Government, High Level Summary of Statistics Trend – Domestic Abuse: 25 Oct, 2016
- Scottish Government, Recorded Crime in Scotland 2015-2016
- Rape Crisis Scotland Annual Report 2015-2016
- Raising the Issue of Domestic Abuse in Schools study. Alexander, H.; Macdonald, E. and Paton, S. (2005) Children and Society, Vol. 19, No. 3, pp187-198 (link to abstract)
- National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC), Domestic Abuse Facts and Statistics
- National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC), Partner Exploitation and Violence in Teenage Intimate Relationships (2009)
- Safe Lives, Violence in Young People’s Relationships – Reflections on two serious case reviews (2017)
- Scottish Women’s Aid, Dating Abuse: an information sheet for those who work with young people
- National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles: Key Findings from Scotland (2013)
Local Women’s Aid Groups
- Angus Women’s Aid
- Argyll and Bute Women’s Aid
- Border Women’s Aid
- Caithness and Sutherland Women’s Aid
- Clackmannanshire Women’s Aid
- Clydebank Women’s Aid
- Dumbarton District Women’s Aid
- Dumfriesshire and Stewartry Women’s Aid
- Dundee Women’s Aid
- East Ayrshire Women’s Aid
- East Dunbartonshire Women’s Aid
- Edinburgh Women’s Aid
- Falkirk and District Women’s Aid
- Glasgow East Women’s Aid
- Glasgow Women’s Aid
- Grampian Women’s Aid
- Hemat Gryffe Women’s Aid (Asian, Black and Minority Ethnic Women’s Aid)
- Inverness Women’s Aid
- Lochaber Women’s Aid
- Monklands Women’s Aid
- North Ayrshire Women’s Aid
- North Lanarkshire Women’s Aid
- Orkney Women’s Aid
- Perthshire Women’s Aid
- Renfrewshire Women’s Aid
- Ross-shire Women’s Aid
- Shakti Women’s Aid (Asian, Black and Minority Ethnic Women’s Aid)
- South Ayrshire Women’s Aid
- South Lanarkshire and East Renfrewshire Women’s Aid
- Stirling and District Women’s Aid
- West Lothian Women’s Aid
- Western Isles Women’s Aid
- Wigtownshire Women’s Aid
