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The IV ICSoR (taking place in November 2014) will be open to all stakeholders and professionals that want to make the difference on this field – researchers, policymakers, legal system professionals (forensics, lawyers, judges, law enforcement officers),  professions and voluntaries working in NGO, physicians, psychologists, social workers, educators, and others.

Abstracts are welcoming covering the following issues: Human Rights, data collection, medical, mental health, social, legal, and intervention and support models related with rape.

There is particular interest in deepening the following issues/main themes:

• Prevention and Combat against Rape at European Level – monitoring the States commitments and fulfilment of their obligations regarding the protection of Human Rights. How can Europe build a common approach on this issues?   How can we all act against rape?
• European data collection on Sexual violence and Rape and the need for comparable Indicators. How to harmonise data and indicators at a European level? How to gatherevidence on the costs of sexual violence and rape?
• The impact of Sexual Violence and Rape on their victims: What survivors tell us?
• Multidisciplinary-agency cooperation: effectiveness of current models of intervention and treatment for the survivor’s recovery process. Do we need more specialized resources and professional training? How does it meet the survivals needs? Is it survivals centered?
• The Intervention programs with sexual offenders. Are they effective for the prevention of further offences? How do they guarantee the victims/survivals safety?
• Legal issues on Rape. How can the Justice system be more effective in investigating the crimes of rape, punishing the offenders and providing reparation to the victims? How can the Justice system cooperate with the victims/survivals support systems?   
• Primary Prevention. The role of the educational system and others sectors in the prevention of sexual violence and rape.  How can we educate children and young people to be zero-tolerant throughout violence? How can we protect children and young people from being victims of sexual violence and rape?
• Survivors Voice and Empowerment. How to promote and support the participation of survivals in self-help, self-representation and self-advocate groups.

Local: Lisbon, Portugal
Fecha: Mar/10/2014 - May/15/2014
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This eight week course empowers participants to:

• Become aware of the prevalence and nature of GBV specifically against women and the barrier it poses to all development initiatives.

• Understand the relationship between gender inequality and GBV and how GBV threatens both human rights and poverty reduction strategies.

• Appreciate the direct and indirect costs of GBV in terms of health, HIV and AIDS, education, livelihoods and participation at both micro and macro levels.

• Understand best practice in relation to GBV prevention and response programming.

• Analyse internal organisational ethics and policy in relation to gender inequality and GBV.

• To address key ethical, methodological and practical challenges in relation to GBV research, monitoring & evaluation and engaging men.

 

Course Dates: May 17th - July 12th

Local: Online
Fecha: Apr/04/2014 - May/17/2014
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The Get Moving! course at the Violence Prevention Learning Center aims to equip participants with knowledge of the foundational concepts of Get Moving! and skills for facilitating the process within their own organizations. Selected organizations will commit to a one-year partnership with the GBV Prevention Network/ Raising Voices. The partnership includes course participation, follow-up technical assistance, and mutual commitment to the process. Currently over 10 organizations are feeling the benefits of Get Moving! around the region;  we are calling upon more organizations to join us on this journey.

 

Cost: USD $600

Course Dates: 23rd - 26th June 2014

Local: Raising Voices, Kampala, Uganda
Fecha: Apr/15/2014 - Apr/25/2014
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