Making Communities Matter in Ending VAWG
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Making Communities Matter in Ending VAWG

Conference on Transforming Responses within Black and Minoritized Communities - 40 Years Celebration!

By FORWARD (Foundation for Women's Health, Research & Development)

Date and time

Friday, May 2 · 10am - 4:30pm GMT+1

Location

The Westworks

195 Wood Lane London W12 7FQ United Kingdom

About this event

  • Event lasts 6 hours 30 minutes

Welcome to Making Communities Matter in Ending VAWG! Join us at The Westworks for an impactful conference on Making Communities Matter in Ending VAWG is a partnership with Foundation for Women’s Health Research and Development (FORWARD) and Refugee Women of Bristol (RWoB). It aims to highlight the critical role of community engagement, survivor voices and experiences in and responses to ending VAWG within minoritized communities in the UK.

As we celebrate 40 years of FORWARD’s work engaging communities on Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG), we want to highlight the need to put communities at the centre of our work in ending VAWG. We are proud to launch our Community Research Report –Community Champions: Bridge Builders for Communities and Services, which shares the added value and impact of this our impact in Bristol and London.

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FORWARD (Foundation for Women's Health, Research & Development)

We are the African women-led organisation working to end violence against women and girls.

From female genital mutilation and child marriage to domestic and sexual violence, we tackle abuse and discrimination – enabling African women and girls to have the dignity, health and equality they deserve.

Together, we’re working to create a world free from violence for all African women and girls – and we won’t stop until we get there.