St Paul's Youth Forum
A brief introduction to GBV
In the following sections and clips, we give you a basic overview of GBV, introduce you to a variety of resource and tell you why we need to be talking about GBV with the young people we are working with.
We also hope to empower youth workers with the necessary tools to facilitate conversations about GBV within their respective communities.
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An introduction by Project coordinator Vicky Ledgerwood
In Conversation with Dr Jackson Katz
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In May of 2021, we were delighted to host one of our first Erasmus+ multiplier events where we organised an online discussion with renowned GBV Prevention activist Dr Jackson Katz.​​​​​​​​​
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As most of our work so far has been developed from the idea that ‘conversation is key’ and during a global pandemic, we took the opportunity to zoom with Jackson. We grabbed a cuppa and along with Linda Thompson from Glasgow Women’s Support Project and Michael Hail (former St Paul's youth worker, MVP trainer who is now living and working in Australia) discussed everything from what GBV is, what needs to change, what men and boys can do, ending with a call to action from Lind, Michael and Jackson.
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Support for Youth workers
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With funding from Erasmus+, One of the many aspects of our GBV focused work at St Paul’s Youth Forum has been working to develop a conversation framework which we have used to support our own youth work team to raise their confidence, knowledge and skills around tackling and preventing gender-based violence (GBV) in our community.
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We are delighted to share the approach we have developed around noticing and planning (where possible) your own conversations with young people you work with in your own youth work environments and wider communities.
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We have looked at subjects such as healthy relationships, consent, porn masculinity and have provided suggestions of what tools, activities and resources we have found useful to use through each part of our conversations with young people.
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Follow this link to find out more …
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Peer Education
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We meet regularly with a group of young people and providing them with the skills and confidence to affect positive change within their communities and with the aim of eradicating GBV.
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We are excited for them use their knowledge and skills as peer educators to look at raising awareness of GBV among their peers within the youth forum and wider community.
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The series of animations below were created by Glasgow-based animations studio Toad’s Caravan in collaboration with a few of our peer educators for the purpose of introducing the topic of GBV, its place in youth work, and the potential challenges it poses.
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Resources for young people
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If you or someone you know has been affected by issues of GBV and are in need of support, please refer to our 'Resources for Young People‘ section.​​​
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