Survivors of DA and Harmful Practices from Marginalised Communities

Our Vision is for the needs of all racial and ethnic minority communities across Wirral and Merseyside to be widely recognised, and to provide support for people to help reach their maximum potential and to be accepted which is essential to the development of Wirral and Merseyside economy.Our Aim is to be the trusted voice for all racial and ethnic minority communities across Wirral and Merseyside, as a trusted body that promotes inclusivity, and brings together individuals, groups and agencies within our expanding area of operation.Our Objectives are to put into practice the notion of equality and diversity by addressing issues experienced by disadvantaged, hard to reach and marginalised communities through offering a range of services addressing the communities needs. This approach was developed through the coordination and development of strong partnerships working with other voluntary and community sector organisations.

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Come and join our fee online training for professionals on supporting marginalized survivors of domestic abuse and harmful practices!

Supporting Members of Marginalised Communities Experiencing Domestic Abuse and Harmful Practices2-hour online training for professionalsThe goal of this training is to help professionals understand and contextualize the lived experiences of marginalised survivors of domestic abuse. The training also aims to situate harmful practices within a wider global context of violence against women and girls, and to shed light on intersections between various forms of oppression and marginalization.Through enhancing professionals' awareness about the complexity of vulnerabilities and risks facing survivors, the training hopes to contribute to early identification of domestic abuse and harmful practices, and better-quality support for survivors and their families. Professionals will be encouraged to adopt a holistic approach to marginalized survivors of domestic abuse and harmful practices, based on an understanding of the social and global contexts of their lives.

Training content:Understanding marginalization and intersectionality within a systemic practice perspective.Using the example of survivors of domestic abuse with a disability to showcase some of the things we will need to explore when supporting victims from marginalized communities.Group exercise to discuss how coercive control might look like for older survivors, male survivors, and LGBTQ+ survivors; what barriers these groups of survivors might be facing; and how we could advocate for them as professionals.Multiple disadvantage.Intersectionality.The lived experience of minority ethnic survivors of domestic abuse.Understanding different forms of abuse and harmful practices as part of the global phenomenon of Violence Against Women and Girls.The "Be Careful" poem.Gender and assumptions.Honour based abuse.Forced marriage.Supporting survivors of honour based abuse, forced marriage and harmful practices.