Whose movement is it anyway? Survivors' role in ending violence against women and girls. AVA conference 5 November 2010.
- Dates
- 5 November 2010
- Venue
- CBI Conference Centre, 103 New Oxford Street, London, WC1A 1DU
- Price
- £119/£129 vol/stat price when booking before the 3 September £139/£159 vol/stat price thereafter
Time
10am-4.30pm
As of March 2011 58% of delegates who attended the AVA
conference have changed their working practice to increase levels
of survivor involvement since last November.
53% of delegates who haven't, still intend to change their
working practice to increase levels of survivor involvement, due to
the AVA conference.
With the increasing focus on
professionalisation of the VAWG sector, survivors have become much
less visible in their own movement.
This conference aims to reverse
this trend. Showcasing over a dozen inspiring examples of survivor
led initiatives, we want to challenge the stigma and shame of being
a victim and demonstrate the creative and innovative ways that
women respond to and resist VAWG. As well as hearing from
inspirational examples, delegates will also be able to:
- Gather ideas on how your service can deliver more for less
- Generate new creative ideas for service delivery
- Understand how your agency fits into the Big Society
- Learn about new ways of including survivors in your work
- Network with practitioners
from across the VAWG spectrum.
Projects and individuals who will be showcasing their work
include:
- Women in Prison - Women Moving Forward
- Gag Project
- Amina Scheme
- GLADA Women's Voices
- Tricia Bernal - mother of Clare Bernal and one of the founder's
of Protection against Stalking
- Constance McCullagh
- Shagufta Iqbal
- Children' Voices in Family Law
- Survivors Empowering and Educating Domestic Abuse Services
- Fiona Broadfoot
- Apna Haq
- Shahida Choudry - Million Women Rise
Plus films, exhibitions, music and more!
Materials from this conference can be found here:
Speaker's biographies
'Projects and Initiatives that Demonstrate Survivor involvement'
handout
'Focus on children'
article
'Funny Peculiar' by
Constance McCullagh book information
'How to set
up a feminist group' handout
'It's
still not ok!' discussion paper
'The Pixel Project
Blog' information
'Listening to the voices of women experiencing problematic
substance use and gender-based violence' briefing paper
'Cinders v.
Charming' by Cristina Weds book information
'Peer research into the lives of sex workers..' by the Voices Heard
Group
Visual exhibition of
'I See, You Don't See' and 'I Will Survive'.
To see any of the films shown at the conference,
click here.
To see footage of the speakers from the conference,
click here.
To see the results of AVA surveys with practitioners about
levels of survivor involvement, click here.
This film was produced by Fingers in Pies.
If you have any questions
about this event please email
sophie.taylor@avaproject.org.uk.
