This short, introductory course raises awareness of misogyny. It helps you to identify misogynistic behaviour in children and young people, and provides support in tackling those behaviours appropriately. Designed for anyone who works with children and young people the course includes a CPD approved downloadable certificate on completion.
Misogynistic behaviour is sadly on the rise with research saying 64% of teachers in mixed-sex secondary schools hear sexist language in school on at least a weekly basis. A quarter (27%) of secondary school teachers say they would not feel confident tackling a sexist incident if they experienced or witnessed it in school.
This online Misogyny Awareness course provides you with the knowledge you need to identify and tackle misogynistic behaviour in children and young people.
Sexism and misogyny have damaging effects on young girls. It’s not just the mental burden of experiencing derogatory comments in-the-moment, but also the long-term impact it can have on their wellbeing, behaviours and life choices. Misogyny simply shouldn’t have a place in the lives of young people. As responsible adults, we need to identify and tackle these behaviours so that we can mitigate or prevent the harm that can be caused.
Whether you work in a school, college, pre-school, youth group or childcare setting, this course can help you identify the comments and behaviours that are misogynistic, and gives you practical tips on how you can address them effectively and respectfully.
Our course covers a variety of topics, take a look at the table below to find out more.
Module | What it includes |
An Introduction to Misogyny Awareness | The opening section of the course provides an introduction to the topic, explains the learning outcomes of the training. It also looks at common terms around the topic and their definitions and where misogynistic attitudes come from. |
What does misogynistic behaviou look like? | The second part of the training looks at the impact of misogyny and provides stats, facts and scenarios to show this in a visual way. There are also several interactive knowledge checks and videos and explain different forms of misogyny to help you identify misogynistic behaviours. |
Tackling sexism and misogyny | Here we explain what you should do if you hear or experience misogynistic behaviour with interactive knowledge checks and features within the course. We also list several practical steps to tackle these attitudes and behaviours. |
This Misogyny Awareness course is for anyone who works with Children and Young People regularly or on an ad-hoc basis.
The Misogyny Awareness training will provide those working in settings with Children and Young People with valuable knowledge, tips and techniques to address misogynistic behaviour.
At the end of the course, there is a test consisting of 15 multiple choice questions, for which a pass mark of at least 75% is required. Learners can have as many as six attempts at the test at no extra cost, and further tries can be arranged by contacting the Virtual College team.
After achieving a pass mark of 75%, learners will be able to download and print a CPD approved Virtual College certificate for their records.
The Misogyny Awareness course should take 20-25 minutes to complete, but this depends on how quickly you absorb the study material.
Progress is recorded throughout by the Virtual College Learning Management System, meaning you can take as long as you need to work your way through the course.
There are no specific entry requirements for this misogyny training course.
We offer a wide range of online courses on the topics of safeguarding and equality, diversity and inclusion, including:
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This course is a topic linked to Safeguarding and Discrimination: Keeping Children Safe in Education and the Equality Act. 
Read our full article on Misogyny here.