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6 June 2017 18:30 ~ Film screening: Under the Shadow – Women Peace and Security LSE – London

Until 8pm @ Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building, LSE

Speakers: Sofia Candeias and  Director Fiona Lloyd-Davies

Under the Shadow tells the story of Masika Katsuva, who led Congo’s rape survivors to find healing, independence and justice through working together in the field.

We hear extraordinary confessions from soldiers, then witness a trial that could change the culture of rape in Eastern Congo. But can the women escape the shadow cast by this threat of sexual violence and will the spectre of justice bring hope and resolution?

Under the Shadow was made with support from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting.

Speakers

Sofia Candeias is a member of the UN Team of Experts on Sexual Violence and the Rule of Law where her work focuses on the promotion of accountability for sexual violence crimes. In her current role, she covers Central African Republic, the Congo and Mali as well as the global refugee crisis, with a special focus on Iraq and Syria. Prior to joining the UN Team of Experts, Sofia was the Criminal Justice Coordinator at the International Center for Transitional Justice where she focused on supporting national efforts on the investigation and prosecution of international crimes in Colombia, Congo, Ivory Coast, Tunisia and Uganda (2012-2014). She has held posts with UNDP in Eastern Congo (2009-2012), was a member of the Legal Advisory Section of the War Crimes Chamber in Sarajevo (2006), and served as a Legal Officer with the Serious Crimes Unit in UNMISET in East Timor(2004-2005). Sofia began her career as a lawyer in 2003 at the newly established International Criminal Court.  She holds a law degree from the University of Lisbon, a M.A. in Criminology from the University of Leuven and a J.S.M. from Stanford Law School.

Fiona Lloyd-Davies is and award winning filmmaker & photojournalist, and one of the UK’s most experienced foreign documentary and current affairs journalists. She’s been making films and taking pictures about human rights issues in areas of conflict since 1992, including in Bosnia, Iraq, Pakistan, and  the Democratic Republic of Congo. Her film about Honour Killing in Pakistan ‘License to Kill’ for BBC2 Correspondent strand helped bring about a change in the law in Pakistan and was awarded a Royal Television Society award for Best International Journalism. She was awarded a second RTS award in 2005 with Salam Pax, the Baghdad Blogger, for the series of films they made for the BBC’s flagship current affairs program Newsnight.   Her work has been broadcast on the BBC, Channel 4, ITN and Al Jazeera English and her photography work has been published in The Guardian, The Observer Magazine, The Glasgow Herald Magazine and The Irish Times. Her on-going reporting from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo focuses on the sexual violence against the civilian population.

This event is free to attend and open to all, with no ticket or pre-registration required.

http://www.lse.ac.uk/WomenPeaceSecurity/events/2017/UnderTheShadow.aspx

May 26, 2017

6 June 2017 9:30 ~ Lessons from Duluth and Beyond: Coordinated Community Response (CCR) and Domestic Violence Perpetrator Programmes – Hestia – London

Until 13:30 @ The Great Hall, London Metropolitan University, 166-220 Holloway Road, London N7 8DB

Hestia and London Metropolitan University are so pleased to announce an event featuring two representatives from leading domestic abuse prevention organisations in the United States, looking at the lessons learned from Community Coordinated Rerponse (CCR) and perpetrator programmes.

CCR to domestic abuse originated in the early 1980s in Duluth, Minnesota with the twin aims of centering victim safety and holding male perpetrators to account. In 2014, Domestic Abuse Intervention Programs (DAIP), the city of Duluth and St. Louis County were awarded the “Gold Award” from the World Future Council and Inter-Parliamentary Union for the creation of the concept of a CCR.

The Duluth Model has become a ‘world travelling concept’, applied and adapted across different cultural contexts. In the UK, it is claimed as the basis of many of the multi-agency approaches that support victims of domestic abuse.

Presenters

  • Melissa Scaia, MPA, Director of International Training at Global Rights for Women, Co-Founder of Domestic Violence Turning Points, and former executive director of Domestic Abuse Intervention Programmes, the “Duluth Model”.
  • Scott Miller, Coordinated Community Response (CCR) Organizer for Domestic Abuse Intervention Programs (DAIP) in Duluth, Minnesota and coordinator of the Men’s Non-Violence Program at DAIP.

Hestia will also be unveiling the ‘NO MORE’ branded Power and Control Wheel, one year after launching the UK SAYS NO MORE campaign – a nationwide intitiative to raise awareness to end domestic violence and sexual assault.

Session 1: The Coordinated Community Response
DAIP was able to establish through their CCR model that when the community puts their efforts together to protect women and hold perpetrators accountable they were more likely to be successful. Coordination meant that the process was not only more effective but also faster. A critical step for joint working would be a common understanding of domestic violence which was put forward in the Power and Control wheel model.

In this session we will learn about the effectiveness of the model, the challenges faced in its implementation and how it has developed throughout social and political changes.

Session 2: Working with perpetrators – the Duluth Model
Men’s nonviolence courses have become one of the most known elements of the Duluth Model, although the first groups were in Boston, with a methodology which requires men to explore the core of their actions and beliefs. This approach has inspired violence prevention work with men across the globe.

The session will cover the key elements of the programme, problems it has faced for local implementation, its successes and how it evolves within a coordinated response to domestic abuse.

Registration for this event will begin at 9.00am.

Any queries please contact uksaysmomore@hestia.org .

Hestia

Organiser of Lessons from Duluth and Beyond: Coordinated Community Response (CCR) and Domestic Violence Perpetrator Programmes

Hestia is a charity working with adults and children in crisis, to bring about positive changes in their lives at a time when they need it most. We utilise our 45+ years of experience to support around 9,000 adults and children each year. Hestia is the largest provider of domestic abuse refuges and human trafficking support services in London.

Register on line at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lessons-from-duluth-and-beyond-coordinated-community-response-ccr-and-domestic-violence-perpetrator-tickets-33886128322

May 12, 2017