Free To Be: Unearthing how safe women and girls feel in our cities.
Free to Be is a crowd-mapping tool that was developed in collaboration with CrowdSpot, Monash University’s XYX Lab and, crucially, young women.
Reporting to Authorities: Girls’ and Young Women’s Experiences of Reporting Street Harassment
Utilising data collected via our Safer Cities Free to Be project in 2018 with Monash XYX Lab and Crowdspot, the report is a major study on street harassment, and urges authorities to improve reporting outcomes for girls and young women. In the original project, young women and girls from Sydney, Madrid, Lima, Kampala and Delhi […]
Free to be Online
YAS also partake in ‘share the mic’ opportunities, where young people consult with leaders and decision makers to bring youth experiences and voices to the forefront! In 2020, the Youth Activists spoke to Instagram, Facebook, Tik Tok and Twitter to demand commitments from social media platforms to create safe and empowering spaces for girls and […]
The future online
These youth leaders worked together to design The Future Online’s guiding project questions, conduct focus group discussions with peers, and take their demands of accountability and change to stakeholders in Australia and the Asia-Pacific: including the ESafety Commissioner, TikTok, and Twitter.
Behind the Headlines
Our award-winning Behind the Headlines programme empowers young people to understand, critically analyse, engage with and participate in the media. We have carefully tailored a set of innovative and authentic experiences, rooted in journalism and educational best practice. Sessions can be virtual or in-person at our Education Centre, located in the Guardian’s head office.
Newswise
Bringing together news literacy, primary English and PSHE specialists from The Guardian Foundation, National Literacy Trust and PSHE Association, NewsWise offers free lesson plans, resources and workshops for schools, activities for families, high quality teacher training and opportunities to connect with real journalists
Random Acts of Leadership
Looking for ways to support your students to develop their leadership skills? This collection of activities can be completed as a sequence or individually depending on students’ needs.
Leadership Sketchnote
Explore leadership with students using this scaffolded sketchnote template, including focus questions and plenty of space for students to draw, record keywords and phrases.
Positive Affirmations
Vibrant affirmation cards to support rich discussions as students consider how they can build their growth mindset individually and as a collective group.
Student Voice and Hexagon Thinking Activity
A thought-provoking activity to support students’ exploration of their voice in the classroom, school or local community.
