Streaming option: History and Memories of the Domestic Violence Movement

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 Thinkis out now and available at 20% discount when you order from Policy Press.See:http://www.bristol.ac.uk/sps/people/gill-m-hague

Professor Emerita Gill Hague

Online version of Bristol event celebrating the movement against domestic violence and launching a new book on this inspiring history.

Come and join us online in this live streamed event 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, &#x27;History and Memories of the Domestic Violence Movement: We&#x27;ve come further than you think &#x27; by Gill Hague, and discuss the women&#x27;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&#x27;s Resource Centre, Brent, London; and Nicola Harwin, former CEO of Women&#x27;s Aid in England. Their inputs will be followed by responses from survivor ambassador, Ann Devereux, VAWG worker specialising in work with Muslim women, Ruby Raja, and current Head of Women&#x27;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.*****Tickets for the live event in Bristol are limited due to safety restrictions and cost £10 to include a contribution to the refreshments and a delicious lunch. To register, use the separate eventbrite for live attendance.Registering here for this streamed event will entitle you to free access to the link which will be shared later.Event: 10.00am till 1.30.The programme will finish at about 1.30pm. There will be a coffee break mid-event for those attending live.*****Please note: A &#x27;sister&#x27; 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.

Streaming option: History and Memories of the Domestic Violence Movement

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