Despite the prevalence of sexual violence in society and the healthcare workplace, as well as its impacts on health and health seeking behaviour, research and experience tells us that sexual violence education is underrepresented in the curricula of UK medical schools and postgraduate training.
We are Aysha Haddington-Ahmed and Elizabeth Evens, two Rape Crisis Tyneside and Northumberland volunteers, who work as doctors in the NHS.
Since 2023, we have been involved in creating medical education initiatives to address sexual violence for both students and qualified health professionals.
The UKRI funded Histories of Sexual Health in Britain project at Birmingham University provided us the opportunity to work with artist Mereida Fajardo to turn our education work and research into a comic, which we are pleased to share with you now.
“Sexual violence has significant impacts on health and healthcare access, yet education for clinicians has historically been limited. Work like this helps bridge that gap. We’re incredibly proud of Aysha and Elizabeth for bringing their clinical expertise and commitment to survivor-centred practice into such an innovative and accessible resource.”
Abby Traynor, Deputy CEO, Rape Crisis Tyneside and Northumberland
