Minoritised Women & Sexual Violence

Cost: Free to people working in Nottinghamshire county

(Chargeable outside of these areas)

Location: Online – MS Teams

Duration: 1.5 hours

Aim:

To improve awareness and responses when working with minoritised women who have experienced sexual violence

Objectives:

· Provide an overview of Reclaiming Voice and its research findings on the impact of sexual violence for minoritised women

· Share practical tips and strategies for effectively supporting minoritised women who have experienced sexual violence

· Introduce local sexual violence services and their referral pathways, with a focus on minoritised survivor help-seeking and disclosure

Reclaiming Voice

Ravi Thiara is Professor of Sociology at the University of Warwick and was previously Director of a dedicated research centre on violence against women and children at the university. She has conducted pioneering national and international research in this area over the last three decades and also been involved in policy and practice development. Ravi has a particular expertise in gendered violence against those in marginalised and racialised communities (ethnicity and disability) and continues to work for change for women and children.

The presentation will draw on the findings from the first national study of sexual violence and minoritised women – Reclaiming Voice – conducted in collaboration with Imkaan (Sumanta Roy), a second-tier organisation of minoritised ‘by and for’ organisations. The research explored sexual violence and its impact on wellbeing, disclosure patterns and help-seeking, and the responses minoritised survivors receive when they approach support services.

Sumanta Roy is the Head of Research at Imkaan advocating for more informed research, policy and practice on violence against black, minoritised women and girls. She specialises in conducting social policy influencing research which takes a participatory, grassroots approach on VAWG, equalities and social justice. She has over 20 years of experience of delivering impactful research for national, local government, funding bodies in collaboration with academic bodies and specialist voluntary / community sector organisations. Sumanta has taken a lead role at Imkaan in establishing Imkaan’s research arm and helping to raise awareness of issues including sexual violence against minoritised women through collaborative research with Ravi Thiara, University of Warwick (Reclaiming Voice, 2020) and more recently as an advisor on a joint Rape Crisis England & Wales (RCEW) and Imkaan report on asylum-seeking women and sexual violence (Not Safe Here, 2024).

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Please be aware that this session will contain some reference to types of domestic abuse. It is recommended that the session is attended in a quiet and confidential space. If you are impacted by the content of the session, you will be provided with points of contact as part of your follow on resources, and reference will be made to support options in the session.

Information on support is also available on Equation’s Website: Get Help | Equation

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Cost

Please be aware: due to the conditions of our funding, this training is free to people working in Nottinghamshire County – chargeable outside of these areas.

We are monitoring the attendance list and you will be asked to pay if you do not qualify for a free ticket.

Funders

Funded by County Deep Dive initiative as part of the aditional barriers awareness campaign.

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