'History and Memories of the Domestic Violence Movement' and book launch.

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'History and Memories of the Domestic Violence Movement' and book launch.

The event celebrates the movement to challenge domestic violence and launches a new book recording this inspiring history.

By Professor Emerita Gill Hague

Date and time

Fri, 1 Oct 2021 10:00 - 15:00 GMT+1

Location

Engineers House

The Promenade, Clifton Down Clifton Bristol BS8 3NB United Kingdom

Refund Policy

No Refunds

About this event

Come and join us to celebrate the history of the struggle against domestic violence since the 1960s in the UK and internationally. The event will launch the unique new book, 'History and Memories of the Domestic Violence Movement: We've come further than you think ' by Gill Hague, and discuss the women's movement against domestic abuse, made by a generation of redoubtable feminist activists.

Joining Gill in discussing this inspiring activist history, speakers will include: renowned researchers, Rebecca and Russell Dobash; Sarbjit Ganger, Director, Asian Women's Resource Centre, Brent, London; and Nicola Harwin, former CEO of Women's Aid in England. Their inputs will be followed by responses from survivor ambassador, Ann Devereux, VAWG worker specialising in working with Muslim women, Ruby Raja, and current Head of Women's Aid National Training Centre, Jacqui Kilburn.

Hosted by the Domestic Violence/Abuse and Health Group (DVAHG) and the Centre for Gender and Violence Research (CGVR), University of Bristol, the event will be introduced by Marianne Hester, Director, CGVR.

The book and this event are dedicated to all survivors of domestic violence and to the courageous activists all over the world working to end the abuse of women.

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Tickets for the event in Bristol are limited due to safety restrictions and cost £10 to include a contribution to the refreshments and a delicious lunch.

However, the event will also be accessible streamed live online.

If you want to watch the streamed event, please register on the separate eventbrite invite for streaming participants. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/166930079361

Event: 10.00am till 2.30 - 3.00pm.

The programme will finish at about 1.30pm and lunch will follow.

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Please note: A 'sister' event, billed as a celebration of the violence against women movement and the book, to be held in London, has had to be postponed until later in 2021 or the Spring of 2022. More information on the postponed date to come when available.

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Emerita Professor Gill Hague, Professor of Violence Against Women Studies, has worked as an activist, professor and researcher challenging violence against women for nearly 50 years. She has published about 130 publications on gender-based violence including eight books, one in three editions, and is also the author/editor of three poetry collections. She was a co-founder with Ellen Malos of the Violence Against Women Research Group, now the Centre for Gender and Violence Research, University of Bristol, in 1989/1990. She has been awarded a life time Emma Humphreys Memorial Prize for her work on violence against women, 2013, and a National Honour for her work with survivors of violence, 2020, the name of which she prefers not to use due to its imperial connections.

Her new book, History and Memories of the Domestic Violence Movement: We've Come Further Than You Think is out now and available at 20% discount when you order from Policy Press.

See: http://www.bristol.ac.uk/sps/people/gill-m-hague

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