Course: Understanding Violence Against Women: Myths and Realities

Thank you to everyone who contributed to the making of this course: Course Leaders Anni Donaldson Roisin McGoldrick Guest Lecturers Anne Haynes Dr. Melanie McCarry Course Development Aidan Johnston Claire …

Over the last six weeks, we have considered a large amount of material covering many important aspects of the whole issue of violence against women. We have two final questions …

On this course, learners will have the opportunity to ask the educators particular questions through live events called Live Streams These events also allow the educator to recap the previous …

Now we have explained what Primary Prevention is, please watch the video above titled ‘A Strong Man’ and consider the following questions: Who is the film aimed at? What are …

In this interview, Dr Lesley Orr a feminist historian/activist based at the University of Edinburgh describes the origins and impact of ‘Zero Tolerance’, Scotland’s first ground-breaking violence against women public …

In this interview, Anna Mitchell, the Domestic Abuse Lead Officer at Edinburgh Council talks about how improved understanding of the dynamics of coercive control are helping social workers support children …

The ecology of risk The forms of violence against women we have been exploring can have a profound effect on women’s physical and emotional health and wellbeing. Living with the …

In this presentation, we will be exploring the way violence against women survivors’ experiences have helped develop our understanding and have helped to change the way society thinks about and …

Many women and children are abused by people that they know. Husbands, partners, brothers, fathers, boyfriends. There are no barriers in terms of race, ethnicity or age in relation to …

In this video, Roisin examines the impact of gender based violence (GBV) particularly through a lens of trauma.

On this course, learners will have the opportunity to ask the educators particular questions through live events called Live Streams These events also allow the educator to recap the previous …

Having heard what Nel has said in the previous step, now listen to some of the voices she refers to telling their own stories of how they survived. Please be …

In this interview, Nel Whiting will be talking about the importance of understanding the different ways violence against women can affect survivors. Nell is the Learning and Development Coordinator at …

Watch this video and think about the different ways in which children respond to the presence of domestic abuse in their lives. What were the main issues that children found …

This film explores the impact of trauma on children’s brains. It helps us to understand that children do not need to be physically present to be impacted by violence. The …