Events
Respect conference: Does gender matter?
17th January 2008 at the Sage Centre, Gateshead
9am - 4.45pm
Respect, with support from the Northern Rock Foundation, hosted a conference at the beautiful Sage Centre in Gateshead. The theme of the conference was to explore the meaning and function of gender in the experience, and use of, a range of abusive behaviours in intimate relationships. Gender remains a topic of debate, for example, in terms of how we understand women’s use of violence, men’s experience of abuse and in the construction of responses to domestic violence.
Chair
The conference was chaired by Beatrix Campbell
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Programme
Download: does gender matter programme.doc
Aim
The aim was to get people talking and debating about gender and domestic abuse. To enable this there was a question time style panel, where the audience had the opportunity to ask questions of the panel.
Speaker's Presentations
Presentations given by conference speakers can be downloaded for your information.
Marianne Hester
Professor of Gender, Violence & International Policy (University of Bristol) presented findings exploring what is really happening when both partners are seen as violent.
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Presentation
Pdf (79.7 KB)
Download: Marianne Hester Does Gender Matter Conference.pdf
Mark Coulter
Male Victims Development Worker, at Respect shared findings from his pilot of a needs assessment tool with male victims in London.
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Presentation
Pdf (40.6 KB)
Download: Mark Coulter Does Gender Matter conference.pdf
Jo Todd
Director of Respect spoke about why gender matters and what is wrong with a gender neutral approach to domestic violence.
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Presentation
Pdf (61.3 KB)
Download: Jo Todd web Does Gender Matter conference.pdf
Jenny Pearce
University of Bedfordshire and Chair of the National Working Group on Young People and Sexual Exploitation presented on gender, young people and domestic violence.
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Presentation
Pdf (69.8 KB)
Download: Jenny Pearce Does Gender matter conference.pdf
Evan Stark
In his newest book, Coercive Control: How Men Entrap Women in Personal Life, Dr. Stark reframes domestic violence as a crime against women’s liberty and calls for a reinvigorated grass-roots movement that demands freedom and equality for women as well as safety. Dr. Stark is currently Professor of Public Administration at Rutgers University and Chair of the Department of Urban Health Administration at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey’s School of Public Health.
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Presentation
Pdf (281 KB)
Download: Evan Stark Does Gender Matter conference.pdf
Nicola Graham-Kevan
University of Central Lancashire, presented research literature on gender and domestic violence: findings from national and longitudinal surveys.
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Presentation
Pdf (243 KB)
Download: Nicola Graham-Kevan Does Gender Matter Conference.pdf
Contact
For further information regarding the conference contact Joanne Creighton or Neil Blacklock.
Tel: 020 7022 1801
Email: info@respect.uk.net