White Ribbon Day and 16 days of action

What is White Ribbon?

White Ribbon is a global campaign that encourages people, especially men and boys, to challenge the behaviour and culture that leads to abuse and violence.

White Ribbon Day is 25th November and will launch the start of the campaign, with 16 days of activism to follow, to challenge harmful attitudes and behaviours.

During this period Nottinghamshire Police will be working to inform the public about its work to keep victims safe, hold perpetrators to account, and to encourage reporting of abuse cases.

The White Ribbon charity strives to change behaviours and systems around masculinity that perpetuate gender inequality and men’s violence against women, as unfortunately the reality is most violence against women is committed by men.

63% of men agree that men in society aren’t doing enough to ensure the safety of women and girls. (YouGov, 2021)

Did you know?

• 70% of women in the UK say they have experienced sexual harassment in public. (APPG for UN Women, 2021)
  
  
• 3 in 5 women have experienced sexual harassment, bullying or verbal abuse in the workplace. (Trade Unions Congress, 2023)
  
  
• Nearly a quarter of girls in mixed sex schools said they had experiences of unwanted sexual touching in school. (EVAW, 2023)

(ref: White Ribbon Day 2024)

Nottinghamshire Police’s involvement?

Nottinghamshire Police are an Accredited Organisation of White Ribbon UK. In short, this ensures we take a strategic approach to end men’s violence against women by strengthening systems, engaging with men and boys, changing cultures, and raising awareness.

It’s important for Notts Police to support and show solidarity with women and girls across the UK to end violence against them. They need to feel listened to, heard, and understand the police are here to help them.

We are raising awareness of this campaign with the public about domestic violence through a multichannel communications approach. We’ll go through the realities of what it is and what it looks like, what to do, and what the police will do to help victims.