Upper Sixth student Anisa works at Bradford Council in the Youth Ambassador Team where she is a youth support worker and collaborates with larger organisations, with the aim of getting youth opinion into large decision-making processes.
Recently, she has been working on a project in partnership with the Bradford DASV (a Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence Information provider through the council) and the West Yorkshire Combined Authority following the Safety of Women and Girls initiative launched in 2024. This is part of a new plan to make the Bradford District safer for women and girls, combat misogyny and challenge harmful attitudes. As a collaboration, they have produced a set of five films that were launched this month that are to be used as a social media campaign and as a resource to be used in schools, colleges, and youth groups. Each film focuses on a relevant theme, ranging from things like consent to cat-calling or online abuse. The videos will be used in lessons to be taught to Year 10-13s in schools and colleges across Bradford in the upcoming academic year.
Anisa was a co-director and spoke about the project: 'Drawing on our own experiences, we wanted to expose the everyday reality of harassment faced by women and girls. We're raising awareness and calling out harmful behaviours, especially among our peers, because the ruth is far too many of us are scared and no woman or girl should ever have to live in fear. We are exceptionally proud of this project and hope it will be used far and wide.'
Amelia from the Safeguarding Team attended the launch event last week and said: 'Anisa was absolutely marvellous, she presented to a room of 60+people, all from different professions, speaking with such professionalism and passion about the project. It was lovely to see her voice and opinion being listened to, along with the rest of the Bradford Youth Council'.
You can find the project's resources here.
We're really proud to see Anisa making a difference in the community.
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