25th November – 10th December
For your copy of the programme visit www.16days.org (up and running around 19th November) or call 0141 276 7724.
16 Days Programme 2009 (PDF 876kb)
16 Days City Programme 2009 (Word 150kb)
16 Days A4 Poster 2009 (PDF 360kb)
All events (except those with Schools) are now also listed on the ENF Online Diary
“We are writing an action plan for the next 18 months of the network and we want to know how you would like it to develop. This is a great opportunity to strengthen the network so that it really adds value to all of our work and helps us to really drive forward the prevention agenda in Scotland. Please give us your views on the priorities for the network by answering our quick online survey:http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=_2bXMRZWUtLtwULgUaUs2Juw_3d_3d
If you would like to contribute, but would rather not answer online, just get in touch and we can arrange to meet or have a phone conversation. If you are not a member of the network, but would like to be, please sign up at http://www.vawpreventionscotland.org.uk – its quick and easy.” [VAW Prevention Network]
Domestic Abuse: A Workplace Issue (What HR Workers Need To Know):
Wednesday 18th November, 10am – 4pm, SWA Offices, 2nd Floor, 132 Rose Street, Edinburgh EH2 3JD. This session is aimed at HR workers and policy makers who are considering introducing a domestic abuse policy in their workplace. No previous experience or training in this area is necessary. Trainer: Nel Whiting SWA. £95 per statutory sector delegate/£75 per voluntary sector delegate.
Seminar: Children’s Understanding Of Gender And Violence:
Monday 16th November, 10am – 1pm, SWA Offices, 2nd Floor, 132 Rose Street, Edinburgh EH2 3JD. This seminar will focus on research addressing how young people construct their own gender identities and define the identities of others. These constructions are pertinent for understanding how gender relates to and informs their subsequent discussions of male violence against women. It will also consider the difficulties in accessing young people because of (adult) gatekeeper notions of childhood innocence and their assumptions that ten and eleven year olds lack knowledge and understanding to effectively engage with the research. The final part of the seminar focuses upon young people’s understandings of the gendered nature of violence and their own conceptualisations of power. The disparity between their own defining of violence and the naming of specific incidents is identified as an integral feature of their understanding. The seminar will seek to facilitate discussion and debate regarding the translation of this theoretical research into practical responses. Nancy Lombard. £35 per statutory sector delegate/ £25 per voluntary sector delegate
Development Day: Dating Violence: Young People & Domestic Abuse:
Friday 27th November, 11am – 4pm, SWA Offices, 2nd Floor, 132 Rose Street, Edinburgh EH2 3JD. Scotland has long recognised the potential impacts of all forms of domestic abuse on children and young people. Building on this understanding the National Domestic Abuse Delivery Plan for Children & Young People (2008) recognises that young people can experience domestic abuse in their own relationships. This session is aimed at policy makers who wish to explore effective ways of mainstreaming work around young people’s experiences of abuse in intimate relationships into policy and practice. Trainers: Ellie Hutchinson & Nel Whiting (SWA). £50 per statutory sector delegate/£30 per voluntary sector delegate inclusive of buffet lunch
Contact: Scottish Women’s Aid, 132 2nd Floor Rose Street, Edinburgh EH2 3JD T: 0131 226 6606 F: 0131 226 2996 email Emma.Sutherland@scottishwomensaid.org.uk
The Demand Change! Campaign is delighted to announce a major victory for women exploited by the sex industry, as last night the House of Lords voted in favour of Clause 14 (formerly 13) of the Policing & Crime Bill, putting the rights of exploited women over those of pimps and punters.
In focusing on the demand for sexual services, Clause 14 shifts criminal liability away from people exploited through prostitution and places responsibility firmly on the shoulders of those who contribute to commercial sexual exploitation by choosing to purchase girls, boys, women and men for sexual use.
Read on at http://digbig.com/5bapem – includes links to the press release, the debate and to photos from the protest
Features in October Include:
Gender In The Playground: Primary schools are no utopia of skipping rope and gender blind comradery. Instead, girls are already learning to worry about their looks – and boys are learning male privilege, reports teacher Kate Townshend
Feminism In London 2009: Charlotte Cooper reports back from the capital’s second Feminism in London conference
For full contents go to The F-Word
Section 55 of the Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Act 2009 comes into force today. It places a duty on the Home Secretary to make arrangements for ensuring that immigration, asylum, nationality and customs functions are discharged having regard to the need to safeguard and promote the welfare of children.
Read on at http://digbig.com/5bapdk
Tuesday 17th November,
5pm : Changing Lives DVD
then 5.30pm : AGM Business
at Stockbridge House, 2 Cheyne Street, Edinburgh EH4 1JB
Please confirm attendance or not by Thurs 12th November to Susan Rae on 0131 315 8118 or email Info@edinwomensaid.co.uk
Lesbian couples in Scotland will soon be given equal rights to fertility treatment on the NHS. Following legal action by one lesbian couple, the government has set up an advisory group which is expected to recommend early next year that lesbians should be routinely allowed access to NHS fertility services.
More info http://digbig.com/5bapfe
Ayrshire & Arran Violence Against Women Training Consortium
November 25th, Ayr
Keynote speaker: Michael Kaufman, founder of the international White Ribbon Campaign. The White Ribbon Campaign is the largest effort in the world of men working to end violence against women, with campaigns in over 55 countries across the world.
More info http://digbig.com/5bapfn
From Object and Fawcett:
Peers To Decide On Lap Dance Licensing Reforms (03/11/09): http://digbig.com/5bapen
Open Letter by Local Authority Representatives: Lap Dancing – Tougher Reforms Needed (02/11/09): http://digbig.com/5bapep
