Anti-Blackness and Anti-Fat Bias in VAWG

This session defines anti-Blackness and anti-fat bias, and looks at their effect on whether survivors are believed, assessed accurately and offered protection.

Anti-fat bias is also known as weight stigma or weight bias. The session draws on Black feminist scholarship that traces anti-fatness to anti-Blackness.

Audience

This session is for IDVAs, ISVAs, advocates, safeguarding leads, managers and commissioners across the domestic and sexual abuse sector.

Content

• Definitions of anti-Blackness and anti-fat bias
• The shared roots of anti-fatness and anti-Blackness
• The effect of both on disclosure, risk assessment and access to protection
• Practice that challenges bias in advocacy and safeguarding

Format

The session runs online on Zoom for one and a half hours and costs £35. The joining link is sent to you before the session starts.

Data protection

We Are Frieda CIC (company number 12772194) is registered with the Information Commissioner's Office under ZC265841, and our Data Protection Officer is Bennjoseph Vaughan. The details you give at booking are used to run this session and to contact you about it. Our privacy policy can be found at wearefrieda.org.uk/privacy-policy.

Contact

talkto@wearefrieda.org.uk
57 Corporation Street, Coventry, CV1 1GX
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