The White Ribbon organisation is aimed at tackling the domestic violence issue. As their campaign is male led, it recognizes that domestic violence is not just a women’s issue but an issue to both genders, it aims to reduce the prevalence of violence against women (What is White Ribbon?, 2014). The chief executive of White Ribbon, Libby Davis states that “We are working on prevention that is enabling change in attitudes and behaviours that absolutely allows violence to take place in the first place” (Davies, 2015). It does this through promoting the issue in schools, for youths, in workplaces and through annual campaigns. It employs several of the key action areas in the Ottawa Charter to promote an acceptable level of wellbeing for women,
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A school that has taken part in this is Randwick Boys High School, whilst the overall outcome was positive there were a group of year 11 boys who showed tendencies of sexism and domineering attitudes during the program. To resolve this issue White Ribbon is continuing working with the school. Although the year 7s showed a positive response to the program and were enthusiastic about learning about violence against women. Whilst workplace did not produce a case study, White Ribbon’s annual report for 2014 show that 85 000 employees, including 55 000 men received information and thus developed their personal skills and know how recognise and prevent domestic …show more content…
By invoking these changes it will ensure that there is change in behaviours and attitudes of young people regarding domestic violence. Discussing what domestic violence is and why it is bad in primary schools will ensure that children and teachers alike can recognise the signs. As studies from various countries support the findings that rates of abuse are higher among women whose husbands were abused as children or who saw their mothers being abused (The Impact of Domestic Violence on Children, 2006); (Domestic violence and abuse, 2014) the endless cycle needs to be prevented. By implementing change to the current lacking education system in Queensland it will allow for change in adolescents and children, thus facilitating them to break the cycle of violence. Education about domestic violence should begin at ages as young as six as, early intervention has been identified as crucial to disrupting the intergenerational transmission of domestic violence (Bunston 2008); (Humphreys 2008); (Domestic violence education in schools a priority, 2015) . The Queensland Minister for Women stated that “It is clear we need to start early to educate our young people and counter the attitudes and culture that breed violence towards women,” (Fentiman, 2015). Teaching young children that domestic violence is wrong and what to do if
A school that has taken part in this is Randwick Boys High School, whilst the overall outcome was positive there were a group of year 11 boys who showed tendencies of sexism and domineering attitudes during the program. To resolve this issue White Ribbon is continuing working with the school. Although the year 7s showed a positive response to the program and were enthusiastic about learning about violence against women. Whilst workplace did not produce a case study, White Ribbon’s annual report for 2014 show that 85 000 employees, including 55 000 men received information and thus developed their personal skills and know how recognise and prevent domestic …show more content…
By invoking these changes it will ensure that there is change in behaviours and attitudes of young people regarding domestic violence. Discussing what domestic violence is and why it is bad in primary schools will ensure that children and teachers alike can recognise the signs. As studies from various countries support the findings that rates of abuse are higher among women whose husbands were abused as children or who saw their mothers being abused (The Impact of Domestic Violence on Children, 2006); (Domestic violence and abuse, 2014) the endless cycle needs to be prevented. By implementing change to the current lacking education system in Queensland it will allow for change in adolescents and children, thus facilitating them to break the cycle of violence. Education about domestic violence should begin at ages as young as six as, early intervention has been identified as crucial to disrupting the intergenerational transmission of domestic violence (Bunston 2008); (Humphreys 2008); (Domestic violence education in schools a priority, 2015) . The Queensland Minister for Women stated that “It is clear we need to start early to educate our young people and counter the attitudes and culture that breed violence towards women,” (Fentiman, 2015). Teaching young children that domestic violence is wrong and what to do if