Addressing Sexism, Misogyny and Gender-based Radicalisation Online
March 04, 2025 | 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm GMT
Virtual
About this event:
Single Session
Our single professional learning sessions are designed to easily fit into your day. Typically one hour or less, these sessions explore timely and relevant topics including teaching strategies, current events, and more.
Instructor-Led
This professional learning event will be led by Facing History staff. When you register, you will receive instructions for how to attend the event.
The content that young people are consuming on the internet is shaping their understanding of themselves, and their views of and relationships to others. In society, there is now a growing divide between the views of young men and women, an increase in self-harm and suicide amongst young women, and an increase in misogyny amongst young men. In light of these concerning developments, it is important to understand how the media and information landscape is impacting the views of young people, and what can be done to counter the rising levels of sexism and misogyny.
Join us for a one-hour conversation to understand how the media and information landscape is impacting young people, and to look at ways to challenge gender and sex based discrimination and heal the emerging divisions. We will provide activities and resources from our unit Developing Media Literacy for Well-being, Relationships and Democracy, and there will be the opportunity to share experiences with and learn from other teachers.
This workshop is appropriate for all secondary school teachers as it will outline ways that teachers and schools can fulfil statutory and non-statutory requirements related to Prevent, the Fundamental British Values, Online Safety and Keeping Children Safe in Education. Those who teach English, Media Studies, PSHE and tutor time will also find the resources useful.
