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Empowering and Healing Battered Women. Module 3

Document number
1722
Date
2005
Title
Empowering and Healing Battered Women. Module 3
Author/publisher
Admira
Availability
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Document type(s)
Guidelines/Recommendations, Training Material/Resources,
Keywords
Post-conflict situation, Victims (of trafficking), Trafficked persons, Criminal proceedings; Legal assistance, Civil Law Suit, Human trafficking cases, Compensation, National Referral Mechanisms; Victim support services; Restitution; Remuneration; Individual complaint mechanisms; Assistance, Residence permit, Reintegration, Social assistance, Rehabilitation, Reflection period, Repatriation; Return; Redress, Protection, Social inclusion; Residence permit;
Summary
Although still not enough research has been done to prove that domestic violence, or family violence, increases during and after war situations, there is substantial practical evidence to suggest that violence in family and other intimate relationships is an issue that needs to be addressed in post-war countries. This module is taken from Work for Care: A Trainer's Manual on Sexual and Domestic Violence During and After War. This module focuses on violence in intimate relations between adults. Battering is not a single-issue topic. Usually it is more than ‘just a few slaps’, often it is part of a complex web of family problems. This module is a start towards support of battered women. It should be followed up by programmes on children at risk, perpetrators (module 6 Gender and Violence; Working with Perpetrators) and ways to reach family systems. Part of the work around combating violence in families is building a network, a ‘chain of safety’, including police and judiciary, and involving schools and medical care workers, supported by (local) governments
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