International project "Men's talk: partnership for prevention of gender-based violence and the exchange of best practices"
Online-conference on May 20, 2021
«Men`s Talk»
«Men`s Talk»
Various aspects of work with domestic violence
Simultaneous translation into Finnish and English is planned
Simultaneous translation into Finnish and English is planned
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The project aims at developing long-term cooperation between experts and researchers who work in the field of aggressive and violent behavior prevention
Partners
Miessakit Association
Miessakit Association is a non-governmental expert organization established to support the mental, psychological and social growth of men. The organization complements the existing crisis services available for men and promotes nonviolent family life.
Lyömätön Linja Association
The association aims at providing support to victims of psychological and physical family violence. Another important aim is to help individuals who use family violence as well as those who fear using violence in their families.
RIKK
The university was founded on June 17, 1911.
The University of Iceland is committed to promoting equality and diversity in all fields. Various measures are employed in order to do this, one being an ambitious equality policy which encompasses both staff and students.
The University of Iceland is committed to promoting equality and diversity in all fields. Various measures are employed in order to do this, one being an ambitious equality policy which encompasses both staff and students.
Projects and key topics of presentations of our colleagues from various regions of Russia
- Experience in organizing "On the verge" online support groups for men.
- Experience in providing psychological assistance to prisoners. "Dialogue is the alternative to violence".
SPEAKERS
Valentina Morozova
Psychologist, art therapist, WWP counselor, head of ROO "Art-Sever"
The speech topic:
Experience in organizing "On the verge" online support groups for men
Maksim Rusanov
Private psychologist, head of the program on working with perpetrators (Crisis center for women in Astrakhan region), head of the Father's club
The speech topic:
Experience in organizing "On the verge" online support groups for men
Experience in organizing "On the verge" online support groups for men
Juho Vehniäinen
Counselor at Lyömätön Linja Espoossa ry
Will provide supervision for you
Kostas Tassopoulos
xecutive director, counselor at Lyömätön Linja Espoossa ry
Will provide supervision for you
Matti Kupila
Designated specialist on working with situations of violence, psychotherapist
Will provide supervision for you
Jussi Pekkola
П Psychiatric nurse, sexuality counselor, expert on work with consequences of violence as part of the program "Male survivors of violence"
Will provide clinical supervision for you
Irina Sakharova
Psychologist- counselor. Chairperson of Vologodsk regional public organization "Your choice", author of the program "Dialogue is the alternative to violence".
The speech topic:
"Dialogue is the alternative to violence"
Experience in providing psychological assistance to prisoners.
"Dialogue is the alternative to violence"
Experience in providing psychological assistance to prisoners.
Olga Bolotova
Consulting psychologist, author and expert of the program "Dialogue is the alternative to violence", worker at Vologodsk regional public organization "Your choice".
The speech topic:
"Dialogue is the alternative to violence"
Experience in providing psychological assistance to prisoners.
"Dialogue is the alternative to violence"
Experience in providing psychological assistance to prisoners.
Hjálmar Sigmarsson
Counselor at Stigamot (Iceland), educational and counseling center for survivors of sexual violence.
The speech topic: How to help young and adult men resist the culture of violence against women.
Program
Thursday, May 20 (Moscow time)
09:00 – 09:30
Opening of the conference
09:30 – 11:00
Experience in organizing "On the verge" online support groups for men.
Valentina Morozova
Maksim Rusanov
Maksim Rusanov
Moderators will tell us about the origins of the idea of group work, as well as which ways of attracting audience turned out to be effective, what strategies of group participants behavior could be observed, and of course they will touch upon peculiarities of organizing such groups in online format.
In the program:
- The origins of the idea.
- About the texts of invitations for the participants. The main message and how it worked.
- Peculiarities of motivating participants and conducting interviews.
- Expectations of participants, rules and responsibility. How we had to cope with boundaries violations and difficulties with accepting other people's opinion.
- Rituals and traditions as a driver of change and development of group's participants.
In the program:
- The origins of the idea.
- About the texts of invitations for the participants. The main message and how it worked.
- Peculiarities of motivating participants and conducting interviews.
- Expectations of participants, rules and responsibility. How we had to cope with boundaries violations and difficulties with accepting other people's opinion.
- Rituals and traditions as a driver of change and development of group's participants.
11:00–11:15
Break
11:15 - 12:45
How to help young and adult men resist the culture of violence against women.
Hjálmar Sigmarsson, counselor at Stigamot (Iceland), educational and counseling center for survivors of sexual violence. Responsible for counseling male and female survivors of sexual violence and engaging men in combating violence against women through preventive education.
The webinar will focus on practical ways to address the problems that emerge when discussing gender-based violence and, in particular, the sexual type of gender-based violence.
12:45 – 13:30
Lunch break
13:30 - 15:00
SIDE-EVENTS
Group supervision on working with perpetrators and victims of domestic violence
Group supervision on working with perpetrators and victims of domestic violence
ROOM 1
Matti Kauppila
Jussi Pekkola
ROOM 2
Kostas Tassopoulos
Juho Vehniäinen
Matti Kauppila
Jussi Pekkola
ROOM 2
Kostas Tassopoulos
Juho Vehniäinen
15:00–15:15
Break
15:15–16:45
"Dialogue is the alternative to violence"
Experience in providing psychological assistance to prisoners.
Experience in providing psychological assistance to prisoners.
Irina Sakharova
Olga Bolotova
Olga Bolotova
Moderators with share with you their unique experience of psychological and organizational work in the agencies of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia (UFSIN) system.
In the program:
- The origin of the idea of the "Dialogue is the alternative to violence" project.
- The study on the difficulties (helplessness) of workers and specialists that they face when working with perpetrators and persons serving sentences for violence.
- Peculiarities of work at UFSIN agencies.
- Principles and methods of the program, the unique nature of their application.
- Challenges of the project and the vector of development.
In the program:
- The origin of the idea of the "Dialogue is the alternative to violence" project.
- The study on the difficulties (helplessness) of workers and specialists that they face when working with perpetrators and persons serving sentences for violence.
- Peculiarities of work at UFSIN agencies.
- Principles and methods of the program, the unique nature of their application.
- Challenges of the project and the vector of development.
16:45–17:00
Break
17:00 - 18:00
Wrap-up and deliberations on the future prospects of the partnership
Moderators of the discussion
Andrey Kolpakov
Stanislav Khotskiy
Andrey Kolpakov
Stanislav Khotskiy
We will discuss the upcoming projects and will outline concrete steps for their implementation.
Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions
Stanislav Khotskiy
Telegram
@StanislavKhotskiy
E-mail
S.khotskiy@mir-project.com
@StanislavKhotskiy
S.khotskiy@mir-project.com
Place of event:
Zoom ;-)
