Giving a Big shout out today to all the community networks and front line workers who are reaching out to local people and families caught up in domestic abuse, providing support and linking into Refuge and Cranstoun. At CABD where i work we can take up the family law work through Dvflag it's important but it's only part of the larger dynamic jigsaw. To anyone out there caught up in domestic abuse. Know that you are not alone.
25th November: International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
Women's rights activists have observed 25 November as a day against gender-based violence since 1981. This date was selected to honour the Mirabal sisters, three political activists from the Dominican Republic who were brutally murdered in 1960 by order of the country’s ruler, Rafael Trujillo (1930-1961).
On 20 December 1993, the General Assembly adopted the Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women through resolution 48/104, paving the path towards eradicating violence against women and girls worldwide.
The United Nations defines violence against women as “any act of gender-based violence that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual or psychological harm or suffering to women, including threats of such acts, coercion or arbitrary deprivation of liberty, whether occurring in public or in private life.
Gender based Violence is violence directed against a person because of that person's gender or violence that affects persons of a particular gender disproportionately.
We would normally use today as the launch to the 16 Days of Activism Campaign, and would meet to share stories, learning (and the occasional cake!). Let us start this year with check in, how are you feeling right now and how would you like to participate in the next 16 days?
Find out more here:
UN page on International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
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Good to see this local conversation moving the subject of gender-based violence into the spotlight. J-GO MEDIA has been working against GBV since 2016 and we will promote LBBD's strong stance against it across all our channels - we want people to be SAFE, STRONG, MOTIVATED and INSPIRED to counter violence against women and girls 👍👍
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It is really encouraging to see such a busy agenda for 16 days of activism this year, especially given our current climate.
Even more than ever before, we need to raise awareness and make it clear that Barking and Dagenham will not tolerate domestic abuse. Please reach out to the experienced support services if you or anyone you know is experiencing domestic abuse.
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This is such a high profile topic to have as an open discussion and I really do hope this platform will help those experiencing Domestic Abuse reach out for support or at least learn about what support services there are locally and nationally.
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Good Morning everyone! I'm Hazel, and for transparency, I work for the Council, commissioning the work in Barking and Dagenham around gender-based violence.
2020 has been a difficult year for so many. I know so many people -residents and colleagues alike - who feel overwhelmed and saddened by what we have seen throughout the year. I would like to share a link: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/10-years-of-mens-fatal-violence-against-women-and-girls-in-the-uk-200918-tickets-128150428381. Tomorrow will be the launch of the Femicide Census' latest report reflecting on 10 years of men's fatal violence against women and girls in the UK 2009-2018. It is important work and sets the tone of why tackling violence against women and girls is so important.
I would also like to take the opportunity to reflect on the huge amount of work undertaken locally to tackle this issue, from commissioning specialist organisations like Refuge to lead our Domestic and Sexual Violence Service forward, to welcoming Cranstoun to the borough who work with the domestic abuse perpetrators, to the CAB and our Legal Team joining up to improve access to legal aid and our social workers taking on the Safe and Together approach to domestic abuse.
It is genuinely heartening to hear the work taking place across the borough and beyond, so much so that we couldn't fit it all in so we will be doing shout outs in the comments too.
Look forwards to discussing this issue over the next 16 Days.
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