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Tackling stereotypes to end gender-based violence

Let Toys Be Toys campaign joins UK SAYS NO MORE

Blog reposted with the permission of Tricia Lowther, campaigner at Let Toys Be Toys. Originally posted on February 14th 2015 for V Day – an international movement to end violence against women and girls. Let Toys Be Toys campaigner Tricia Lowther explains why she feels that countering stereotypes, and looking at what we teach children about

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Let Toys Be Toys campaign joins UK SAYS NO MORE

Let Toys Be Toys campaign joins UK SAYS NO MORE

We’re so thrilled to partner with the Let Toys Be Toys campaign, a movement seeking to end the gendered marketing of toys and books to children. The campaign promotes gender equality and believes that by ending the often stereotype-led marketing and advertising techniques of products towards children, we can better encourage children to follow their

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UK Says No More urges victims to make use of Safe Spaces as incidents are expected to rise during Euros.

UK Says No More has joined together with high street banks and pharmacies to urge anyone at risk to access support via designated Safe Spaces found on high streets across the UK.

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NatWest marks ‘No More Week’ by opening Safe Spaces for economic and domestic abuse victims

6 March 2024 NatWest Group is announcing that starting this week it will offer Safe Spaces to people experiencing economic and domestic abuse in over 360 branches across the UK including NatWest, Ulster Bank and Royal Bank of Scotland branches.  Safe Spaces, part of Hestia’s UK Says No More campaign, are designated locations which anyone ...

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Nationwide – the UK’s biggest branch network – joins Hestia’s Safe Spaces

Nationwide – the largest branch network of any UK banking brand -– will offer Hestia’s Safe Spaces scheme to people experiencing domestic abuse across more than 400 branches across the UK. A recent poll by Nationwide shows almost half (48%) the population have experienced, or know someone who has experienced domestic abuse, with almost one ...

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