Home Office Good Practice Seminars
Violent Crime Seminar
Keynote presentations - 16 September 2004 (morning)
Presentations on domestic abuse
The Impact of Domestic Violence on Children: children and domestic violence - time to listen
Nina Dahms, Women's Aid
Nina Dahms gave an overview of the prevalence of domestic violence in relation to children, its link to child abuse and its effects on children themselves. She also looked at specialist support services for children, protection and prevention, and violence after separation. She gave a view on the way forward in partnership working and explained the Women's Aid "Listening to Children" campaign which provided real comments from children on their experience and thoughts about domestic violence.
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Domestic Violence and Black and Minority Communities
Sobia Shaw, Panahghar, Asian Women's Organisation
Sobia Shaw defined domestic violence from Panahghar's perspective and detailed the additional barriers, obstacles and issues which exacerbate the suffering experienced by Asian women and either denies or makes solutions and redress more difficult. These include cultural issues, stereotyping, racism, lack of sensitivity of service provision, isolation including language barriers, insecure immigration status, abduction and forced marriages. She detailed the key city wide developments that are taking place to address these issues and the work of Panahghar itself. Given the cost, both human and financial, of domestic violence, Sobia explained the need for partnership and taking responsibility to work on this important issue.
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Developing Domestic Violence (DV) Strategies across Partnerships
Rachel Martin and Roy Tomlinson, Devon County Council
Rachel Martin and Roy Tomlinson gave an overview of the position in Devon and the DV partnership structure across the area, showing there was no clear mandated lead. They detailed the new vision set up for the "against domestic violence and abuse in Devon" partnership and strategy, showing work with survivors, children, perpetrators and work on training. For each of these areas of work, they gave reasons why actions worked and listed some of the complexities involved, ending with key messages to help others attempt a county wide partnership and strategy for domestic violence.
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Keynote presentations 15 September 2004 (morning)
Keynote presentations 15 September 2004 (afternoon)
Keynote presentations 16 September 2004 (afternoon)
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