Adele Brown
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20-08-2020 20:01:31
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The weather was dreich but wow the location for #CRS2024 The University of Edinburgh made up for it. A pleasure to get the chance to present on the hard work done by statutory and community partners for Ending The Harm
Launch of important research Dr. Aisling Swaine and Foyle Family Justice Centre on paramilitary-related gendered coercive control
Setting paramilitary-related violence in a human rights framework Alyson Kilpatrick Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission speaks of the ‘hideous, shameful truth’ that our society tolerates violence Foyle Family Justice Centre Dr. Aisling Swaine
Professor Dr. Aisling Swaine highlights the framework of paramilitary-related gendered coercive control which shows how paramilitary coercive control becomes effective in women’s lives
Dr. Aisling Swaine outlines the importance of a gendered analysis of paramilitary-related coercive control + gendered understandings and responses to threat. Hopefully this research will go some way to addressing the silence of girls and women’s experiences Foyle Family Justice Centre
Justice Minister Naomi Long MLA emphasized there is still much to do to tackle the hidden harms of paramilitarism. The Minister was speaking at the launch of Foyle Women's Aid Foyle Family Justice Centre report. Read more at justice-ni.gov.uk/news/work-be-d…
With Foyle Women's Aid & Family Justice Centre, we launched research on paramilitary-related coercive control of women. Relying wholly on the courage of women to speak out, we hope the research will make change in their & their communities lives. Link: foylefamilyjusticecentre.org/when-you-know-…
Thank you Siobhan McAlister - and your own work so important on this, particularly the lens that shows the challenges affecting young people.
"...it matters that he draws paramilitarism into the intimacies of abuse, because [women] have to navigate layers of coercion, threat and surveillance, if they are ever to feel safe" The Irish Times opinion w/ Marie Brown University College Dublin UCD Sutherland School of Law Foyle Family Justice Centre irishtimes.com/opinion/2024/0…
In a busy news week, it’s vital this significant report by Dr. Aisling Swaine is not overlooked. The courage of those who told their stories is humbling. A difficult but critical read if we’re serious collectively about understanding what it takes to break cycles of linked violence.