Show Respect campaign: Tackling violence against women and girls - The Standard Podcast

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The Evening Standard has launched a new campaign to tackle violence against girls in the capital.

The Show Respect Campaign will use £500,000 to fund workshops about healthy relationships in London schools.

They are run by charities and groups including Youth Realities, Action Breaks Silence, UK Feminista, and Tender.

Last week, our investigation into violence against girls found that sexual harassment is a daily occurrence for many girls, “rating” girls and posting on social media has become normalised, and boys as young as eight access pornography.

However, this new initiative aims to reach 15,000 year nine students, aged 13 and 14, across London, and the Standard is calling on whoever forms the new government - as well as corporates, foundations and philanthropists - to back us so that we can expand the campaign even further.

In this episode, our Campaigns Editor David Cohen discusses the Show Respect campaign, and explains how these healthy relationship workshops in schools can be effective in reducing violence against women and girls.

In part two of this episode, our commissioning editor on culture, El Hunt, explains the rise in Dryrobes across London; where they came from, how they’ve become a fashion statement, and why they’re popping up in ever drier locations...

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