16 Days Of Action Newsletter 2016 Edition | Page 4

Opening Event The Opening Conference, entitled ‘From Power and Control to Empowering and Protecting’ will discuss characteristics of domestic abuse, coercive control, stalking, and other gender based violence, the conditions in which they occur and examine current and future interventions to empower and protect victims and those at risk. It will take place at Forth Valley College Stirling Campus on 25 November, between 9.30am and 3.45pm and be attended by various professionals and voluntary organisations who have a local responsibility to combat gender based violence in all its forms. A range of internationally and nationally renowned academic speakers who have carried out extensive research into gender based violence and lead officers from Police Scotland and the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service will speak on topics including: the challenge of GBV to faith communities; the victim impact of stalking; masculinity and violence; new developments in advocacy support for the victims of rape; an overview of the Police Scotland evidence based approach to tackling domestic abuse; the critical role of effective enforcement and prosecution; and how legislative reform might assist in tackling crimes. To book a place please contact: [email protected]