Scottish Women's Aid

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The session will provide participants with an opportunity to explore what is meant when domestic abuse is referred to as a form of gender based violence. The session will allow participants to develop an understanding of why gender matters in relation to how women experience domestic abuse and their recovery, how agencies and individuals respond to domestic abuse and how perpetrators often exploit gender norms, expectations and stereotypes as part of their pattern of abusive and controlling behaviour.

Learning Outcomes

Increased understanding of gender based violence and how domestic abuse is a form of gender based violence

Increased understanding of how gender norms, expectations and stereotypes impact on women’s experiences of domestic abuse and their recovery

Increased understanding of what coercive control is and how it impacts on women, children and young people

Increased understanding of how to approach practice to consider gender and its relevance to peoples experiencing domestic abuse.

Facilitator : Heather Williams is freelance consultant and researcher with over 20 years experience in the violence against women sector working at a national and local level in strategic and frontline roles providing management support and directly supporting women and young people in a variety of settings. Heather is an experienced trainer and facilitator, working in multi and single agency settings across the public, private and third sectors. As a researcher her work has included participative research projects and external evaluations of VAW services, including most recently the ‘It Shouldn’t Take a Pandemic’ report for the Glasgow Standing Group on Violence Against Women.

Date

09:30-12:30, 28 March 2023

Contact

Rosemary Banner
0131 226 6606

Theme

Social justice & poverty

Cost

£15.00 – £30.00

Attendance type

Online only

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