Learn how to safely intervene and address unacceptable behaviour.
As part of Essex County Council’s (ECC) commitment to making the county safer for residents, a new initiative launch that aims to address sexual harassment and inappropriate behaviour towards women and girls.
ECC’s Safety Advisory Group’s (SAG) latest ‘Bystander Intervention’ initiative aims to provide residents with information and guidance on what they could do if they see inappropriate or threatening behaviour and gives advice on how they could address it in a safe way.
The online module has a particular focus on women’s safety and sexual harassment.
Research conducted by the SAG in late 2021 found that 81% of women who responded were not confident that passers-by would help them if someone was acting inappropriately towards them. The same research showed that 60% of male respondents and 70% of women respondents didn’t feel confident that they would be able to safely intervene if they saw someone behaving inappropriately towards a woman.
The online module takes 45 minutes and has a particular focus on women’s safety and sexual harassment.
Sign up here: www.essex.gov.uk/bystander
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