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HMIC Survey of Domestic Abuse Practitioners 2017
Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) is conducting an online survey, asking domestic abuse practitioners about their experiences of the service provided by police over the previous 12 months to inform the PEEL Effectiveness inspections they are undertaking this autumn.
30 August 2017 19:00 ~ Hidden Figures Screening followed by a panel of Women of Colour in STEM – Vagina Museum – London
Until 22:00 @ Hoxton Square Bar & Kitchen, 2-4 Hoxton Square, London N1 6NU
The Vagina Museum is pleased to present a film screening of the award-winning film Hidden Figures followed by a panel of women of colour in STEM to discuss issues that still surround WoC in STEM today.
Hidden Figures is the incredible untold story of Katherine Johnson (Taraji P. Henson), Dorothy Vaughan (Octavia Spencer) and Mary Jackson (Janelle Monáe)—brilliant African-American women working at NASA, who served as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in history: the launch of astronaut John Glenn into orbit, a stunning achievement that restored the nation’s confidence, turned around the Space Race, and galvanized the world. The visionary trio crossed all gender and race lines to inspire generations to dream big.
Our panel:
Rema Abdulaziz is a doctor in Nuclear Engineering at the Electrochemical Innovation Lab at UCL Chemical Engineering. During her PhD, she co-founded the UCL Women Engineers Society. She’s an avid science enthusiast and spends a lot of her time encouraging young people, especially girls, to engage with STEM subjects.
Corina Kwami is an engineer devoted to making cities more desireable places to live. From designing water systems that serve all to getting jazz musicians connected with opportunities, her work aims to ignore the gap between sciences and the arts.
Hana Ayoob is a science festival programmer and artist, sharing her love for science through live events and science-inspired art. She recently co-founded the Minorities in STEM network to showcase and support BAME individuals in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
Admission is £7 in advance (no booking fee) or £9 on the door, all the money raised goes towards making the Vagina Museum a reality.
Book online @ https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hidden-figures-screening-followed-by-a-panel-of-women-of-colour-in-stem-tickets-36796663812
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8 December 2017 ~ Consultation re Proposed Free Provision of Sanitary Products in Scotland – closes
Poverty is a major issue in Scotland, and the links between poverty and poor health are well known.
But there is an impact of poverty on people’s lives that has been, until now, an invisible scandal.
Women and girls living in poverty in Scotland cannot afford tampons and sanitary towels and are being forced to resort to using newspapers and socks.
According to the charity, the Trussell Trust, more than 133,000 people used foodbanks in Scotland in the last financial year, and thousands of women and girls also required free access to sanitary products. They just cannot afford to buy the tampons or towels that they need.
If a woman or girl cannot afford to buy food, how can she pay for essential healthcare products?
This is a health issue, a dignity issue and an equality issue. It’s time we took action.
It should not be left to foodbanks or community groups to support such a vital public health requirement for women. If we can provide condoms for free, why not tampons?
Scottish Labour’s Monica Lennon MSP has launched a consultation on a proposal for a Member’s Bill which will address the issue of access to sanitary products in Scotland’s schools and an anonymous, universal system to provide sanitary products for anyone who needs them.
But for this to become a reality, the bill needs to pass with support from the majority of the Scottish Parliament. You can help make this happen.
Consultation Document http://www.parliament.scot/S5MembersBills/FINAL_Ending_Period_Poverty_consultation_document.pdf
Consultation Survey http://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/EndingPeriodPoverty/
Domestic abuse ‘workshops’ reduce repeat offending and harm to public – study
First UK experiment on policing domestic abuse finds fewer men reoffending against partners – and reoffenders causing less harm to victims – when mandated to attend charity-run discussion course. Researchers call on Government to approve rollout of programme across England and Wales.
The first domestic abuse policing strategy in UK history to be trialled under experimental conditions has found that an inexpensive two-day course in behaviour management for first offenders resulted in 35% fewer men reoffending against their partner, and reduced further harm to victims by over a quarter.
Researchers at Cambridge University’s Institute of Criminology worked with Hampshire Constabulary to conduct the study using the recently developed CARA (Cautions and Relationship Abuse) programme: small-group discussion workshops for men who received conditional cautions for first arrests for low-harm domestic abuse.
The researchers say that, in just this initial study of hundreds of Southampton-area offenders over a 12-month period, the CARA programme prevented significant harm to victims, hundreds of prison days, and consequently saved thousands of pounds.
The findings are published in full in this week’s print edition of the Cambridge Journal of Evidence-Based Policing.
The team behind the study say that several police forces want to replicate the use of the CARA course, developed by the Hampton Trust domestic abuse charity. However, they say that current guidance from the Crown Prosecution Service restricts the use of conditional cautions for domestic abuse across the country.
The study only involved adult men who admitted their offence, were not judged ‘high risk’, and had no record of any violence in the preceding two years. All victims agreed to their partners’ participation.
To be eligible for the experiment, the offence had to be classified as either common assault/battery, criminal damage, harassment, threatening behaviour, or domestic theft.
Part of a longer press release at https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/domestic-abuse-workshops-reduce-repeat-offending-and-harm-to-public-study
See comment from Women’s Aid http://www.womensgrid.org.uk/?p=3690
HERitage stall this Saturday 29th January at St Cuthbert's hall, Amble. Come along, see you there