Education, Children and Young People Committee
Equally Safe
Background
At its business planning day in September 2023, the Committee agreed to hold informal sessions on Equally Safe. This was part of the 16 Days of Activism, an annual international campaign against Gender-Based Violence (GBV) which started on 25 November 2023.
The Scottish Government published its Equally Safe strategy in 2018. The Committee held its evidence sessions ahead of a planned refresh the strategy, scheduled for early December 2023.
To inform its view on the strategy, the Committee held two participation sessions on 29 November 2023 on:
- Equally Safe in relation to colleges and universities
- Equally Safe in relation to schools
Note of the meeting with students
Note of the meeting with young people from the Young Women Know campaign
The Committee expects to take further evidence on this later in 2024.