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SymposiumGender-based Violence: New Directions in Research, Policy and Social Services

The International Association Of Schools Of Social

Date: 5 December 2023 Location: Hotel Garden, Prishtina Virtual platform: [link] In Kosovo, as in the region, and beyond, gender-based violence is a marked social problem, stratified by social and economic inequality, traditional gender norms, and public discourses against gender justice.

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Safe housing denied to 10,000 women in England fleeing domestic abuse

The Guardian

Lack of shelters may be forcing victims to return to their violent partners or leaving them homeless More than 10,000 women escaping domestic abuse across England were refused safe housing last year, amid warnings that many could be left homeless or driven back to dangerous partners as a result of a “woeful” lack of safe accommodation.

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‘I felt I had to’: SNP’s Karen Adam on revealing she was abused as child

The Guardian

Speaking in detail for the first time since the row earlier this month, the Scottish National party MSP Karen Adam told the Guardian she was hurt by “the injustice of being called a ‘paedophile enabler’ when I’m actually a survivor of this myself. But it was a great cost to me personally, and I felt that my arm was twisted to do so.”

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Gaia Pope’s family call for change after inquest highlights missed chances

The Guardian

She felt she wasn’t listened to’ The family of the Dorset teenager Gaia Pope have called for fundamental changes to the way the police, health trusts and other public services protect survivors of sexual violence after an inquest highlighted a string of missed chances to help her.

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UN to investigate use of ‘parental alienation’ tactic in custody cases

The Guardian

Fears an increase in allegations, particularly against mothers, of deliberately alienating a child against the other parent in domestic abuse cases may put victims at further risk The UN special rapporteur on violence against women and girls is to investigate how family courts around the world approach “parental alienation” (PA) and how this may lead (..)

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Starmer was not ‘soft on crime’. But this is politics – and the ruthless Tory machine is just starting up | Gaby Hinsliff

The Guardian

The Labour leader’s record as an advocate for victims of sexual abuse is instructive, just don’t expect to hear about it Fiona Ivison was 17 when she was strangled and battered to death by a man who had paid her for sex. He then left her body in a freezing car park. Continue reading.