Consent

Every young person should know what healthy relationships are, what they look like both in-person and online. Join the panel to discuss how young people can be supported in their understanding of healthy relationships, safe spaces and consent.

Relevant books on this topic are available to order and collect from our online shop (with a 10% discount).

Chair: Dr Anastacia Ryan, Chairperson of The Young Women’s Movement

Panellists:

Professor Kirstin Mitchell leads a programme of research on social relationships and health. She is co-investigator on the British National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles Survey, (co)leading on sexual violence, sexual wellbeing, sexual function, and sexual attitudes. She leads a trial to evaluate Equally Safe at School, a whole-school approach to sexual harassment for secondary students in Scotland. She is editor of the Annual Review of Sex Research; and leads a project to design better measures for research in adolescent sexuality.

Lucy Allan has been a member of Bold Girls Ken, a partnership project between NSPCC Scotland and The Young Women's Movement, since 2022. She will be studying criminology and sociology at Stirling University later this year.

Hannah Brown has been a member of Bold Girls Ken, a partnership project between NSPCC Scotland and The Young Women's Movement, since 2022. She will start her Law Degree in September.

Interpreters: Andy Carmichael and Tessa Slaughter