Stella Fellas & Stella Bellas for Respectful Treatment of Women
Last week thousands of ERA For Change students made a stand for women and children by wearing bowties and white ribbons to school on our annual Stella Fella & Stella Fella day.
By wearing a bow tie on Friday, we committed to being ‘Stella Fellas’ and 'Stella Bellas' - young men and women who will stand up for women everywhere and ensure all are treated with dignity and respect. Specifically, we aim to put an end to human trafficking and to violence against women.
Participants took the White Ribbon pledge to “never commit, excuse or remain silent about violence against women,”
ADVOCACY @ SJC: WHITE RIBBON MIXED NETBALL MATCH
At St Joseph's College, Melbourne, it became very clear that when you bring male and female students together to play a netball match you attract a large audience and create a positive and fun atmosphere. This is exactly what our Social Justice and Advocacy group aimed to do when it held White Ribbon Day on Friday the 4th of September. The White Ribbon Campaign is a movement to end men’s violence against women and girls and to promote gender equality.
In addition to wearing white ribbons and taking the white ribbon oath, students from St Joseph’s College and Sacred Heart College took part in a game of mixed netball.
In Australia, one woman is killed every week by a current or former partner, and Australian Police handle one domestic violence matter every two minutes. Up to 70 percent of women experience physical or sexual violence from men in their lifetime — the majority by husbands, intimate partners or someone they know. Whilst the above statistics are startling, and we know that most boys and men are not violent and can have loving and respectful relations with women, it is imperative that the students at SJC are aware that such violent acts against women do occur. It is also imperative that students are given the opportunity to stand up for women everywhere and ensure all are treated with dignity and respect.
By
Rachel Roche
By wearing a bow tie on Friday, we committed to being ‘Stella Fellas’ and 'Stella Bellas' - young men and women who will stand up for women everywhere and ensure all are treated with dignity and respect. Specifically, we aim to put an end to human trafficking and to violence against women.
Participants took the White Ribbon pledge to “never commit, excuse or remain silent about violence against women,”
ADVOCACY @ SJC: WHITE RIBBON MIXED NETBALL MATCH
At St Joseph's College, Melbourne, it became very clear that when you bring male and female students together to play a netball match you attract a large audience and create a positive and fun atmosphere. This is exactly what our Social Justice and Advocacy group aimed to do when it held White Ribbon Day on Friday the 4th of September. The White Ribbon Campaign is a movement to end men’s violence against women and girls and to promote gender equality.
In addition to wearing white ribbons and taking the white ribbon oath, students from St Joseph’s College and Sacred Heart College took part in a game of mixed netball.
In Australia, one woman is killed every week by a current or former partner, and Australian Police handle one domestic violence matter every two minutes. Up to 70 percent of women experience physical or sexual violence from men in their lifetime — the majority by husbands, intimate partners or someone they know. Whilst the above statistics are startling, and we know that most boys and men are not violent and can have loving and respectful relations with women, it is imperative that the students at SJC are aware that such violent acts against women do occur. It is also imperative that students are given the opportunity to stand up for women everywhere and ensure all are treated with dignity and respect.
By
Rachel Roche
