Presenting at or hosting your own conference or event is a great way to share your ideas with others, especially those that are focused on young people’s lives.
#WAM (We Are More), a powerful group of young people, have created a dramatisation of the kinds of everyday sexism they experience. Their rallying call ‘WAM: We Are More’ is their response to derogatory marks about skirt length, make up and body shaming. Read more about their performance and other young people's work on domestic violence, healthy relationships and anti homophobia at Wales' Educating Agenda Conference or watch the video of the conference here:
Agenda ambassadors 2017 from Emma Renold on Vimeo.
One secondary school ran an Inclusive Schools conference with and for local primary schools. Pledges were collected from children and teachers about what they wanted to see from an inclusive SRE programme. The pledges were posted into a rainbow Piñata and they included:
The cabinet secretary for education, Kirsty Williams, read out the pledges at the Educating AGENDA conference.
Go to SPEAK OUT to find out more.
WOW Women of the World host events in the UK and around the world which include workshops, art installations, inspiring talks, and speed mentoring on everything gender related.
Read about the Australian Fitzroy High School's Feminist Collective youth-led conference YOUR VOICE #unite #inspire #disrupt. They offered workshops on: toxic masculinity, feminism as a person of colour, queer identities: unpacking community and many more...
If you are invited to take part in a conference, or want to host your own, this guide and these top tips might be useful.
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