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Gemma Aitchison is a director at the YES Matters UK CIC which is also part of the End Violence Against Women coalition. She also volunteers with FiLiA. Gemma is a passionate public speaker in Violence Against Women Prevention and works with child sexual exploitation victims for their rehabilitation and support. She is a consultant on gender stereotypes, violence against women and girls, sexual objectification, class and sexual exploitation. Gemma has developed and delivered training programmes for both professionals and the community as well as training volunteers within the YES Matters UK CIC group.

In this episode, Gemma discusses the recent findings of a research report carried out by Yes Matters, as part of the 16 Days of Activism Project, looking at sexual violence and sexual harassment.

16 Days of Activism against Sex-Based Violence (also known as the 16 Days Campaign) is an annual global movement bringing international attention to the fact that women and girls are disproportionately affected by violence.