The Fourth Annual Preventing Violence Against Women and Girls 2024
Online Conference 6 February 2024, 9:00am - 3:00pm
9:00am
Online Registration
9:30am
Chair’s Welcome Address
Dr Amanda Clough, Senior Lecturer, Northumbria School of Law
9:40am
‘Treated like damaged goods’: A Trauma-Informed Approach to Preventing Violence Against Women and Girls
- The prevalence and overarching impact of violence against women and girls on individuals, as well as communities.
- Recognising and understanding trauma as a key factor in the cycle of violence.
- The culture of silence surrounding violence against women, as well as the impact and occurrence of victim-blaming across organisations and sectors.
Dr Amy Beddows, Trauma Therapist and a Specialist in the field of VAWG
10:00am
The Need for Innovative Policing Approach – Reinventing Policing to Improve Service to the Communities
- Policing Violence Against Women and Girls and its role in ensuring a more efficient and coordinated policing efforts
- Prevention initiatives that have a potential to change the current landscape of VAWG
- Examples of effective solutions that can facilitate women’s safety in public spaces
- The importance of effective community engagement in successful local women’s safety initiatives
Assistant Chief Constable Sam Millar, Strategic Programme Director - VAWG, National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC)
10:20am
Local Collaboration as a Driver to End Violence Against Women and Girls
- What are the examples of collaborative work that unite frontline organisations?
- How does collaboration improve outcomes, support survivors, and provide more targeted and comprehensive services?
- Creating opportunities for effective collaboration
Meghan Field, Violence Against Women and Girls Strategic Lead, Plymouth City Council
10:40am
Questions And Answers Session
11:00am
Break and Networking
11:30am
Intersectionality: Understanding the Multi-dimensional Challenges in Preventing Violence Against Women and Girls
- The differences in violence experiences by women from marginalised or minoritised backgrounds
- How cultural norms, stereotypes, and traditional practices can intersect to perpetuate violence and hinder effective prevention efforts
- Methods to amplify the voices of marginalised groups and ensure their meaningful participation in prevention efforts
Tina Fahm, Chief Executive, Bawso
11:50am
Panel session: Diverse Experiences Of Violence Against Women And Girls
- How do experiences of violence differ for women and girls from different backgrounds, such as ethnic minority backgrounds, neurodiversity, disabilities, gender identities etc.?
- Examining the diversity of complex causes and factors that impact the likelihood and severity of violence exacerbated against women and girls
- What are the challenges associated with supporting survivors from marginalised backgrounds?
- Aneta Mackell, CEO, Opoka
- Karen Whybro, Women's Safety Specialist
- Dina Holder, Community Engagement Manager and DIVAS Project Lead, Women's Centre Cornwall
- Carrie Bower, Domestic Abuse Lead, Age UK
- Christabel Yeboah, Chief Vision Officer, HERSANA CIC
12:30pm
Questions And Answers Session
12:50pm
Lunch And Networking
1:40pm
How Challenging Harmful Stereotypes and Attitudes Can Help Create a Meaningful Change?
- The connection between attitudes towards women and girls and the perpetuation of violence
- The impact of education in challenging stereotypes and fostering respectful relationships
- Practical tools and resources to create sustainable and measurable change in workplaces and communities
- Creating a cultural shift that empowers women and supports efforts to end violence against women and girls
Karen Whybro, Women's Safety Specialist
2:00pm
Marginalisation Within Marginalisation - Creating Safe Spaces for the Invisible and Hypervisible
- Understanding the intersections of experiences within diverse communities
- Identifying and advocating for marginalised groups within support communities
- Prioritising wellbeing and safety of survivors that have been overlooked by the support structures
Christabel Yeboah, Chief Vision Officer, HERSANA CIC
2:20pm
Honour-Based Violence – Understanding the Hidden Problem within UK Communities
- What do we mean by honour-based violence?
- Understanding the difficulties around data accuracy around honour-based violence in the UK
- Challenging common misconceptions about ‘honour’ crime in contemporary society
- The prevalence and misconceptions about forced marriages in the contemporary society
- Practical measures that can be implemented to offer far-reaching support to victims-survivors
Anup Manota, Operations Manager, Karma Nirvana
2:40pm
Questions And Answers Session
3:00pm
Chair’s Summary And Close
Dr Amanda Clough, Senior Lecturer, Northumbria School of Law