International project "Men's talk: Nordic-Russian partnership on gender-based violence prevention and exchange of best practices in working with men."


Presents:
Online educational week from Finnish and Icelandic experts
24-31 of August, 2020
We will focus on such topics as:
  • Why the prospect of trauma is important when dealing with intimate partner violence.
  • How do perpetrators view their own violence towards a partner (what is violence to them?).
  • Structure of the process of working with the perpetrator
  • Shame and violence.
  • Cultural and gender characteristics of working with male immigrants
  • Development of non-violent behavior tools
  • Preventive and integrative group work
  • Gender roles and masculinity.
  • Experiences of survivors and aftereffects of sexual violence
  • Different forms of sexual violence
  • Responsibility of perpetrators: how do they view their own role in the act
  • Rape culture and pornography
  • Masculinities and toxic masculinities
  • Sex-education: consent and boundarie
SPEAKERS
Valuable knowledge from experienced people
  • Miika Peltonen
    The workshop aims to provide a deep apprehension of The Lyömätön Tie-Alternative to violence -program®




    We want participants to take out 3 main things:

    1.How we can motivate the client to participate to the whole process

    2.The comprehension of the different forms of violence

    3. Understanding and analyzing the consequences of working with perpetrators in an emotional level

  • Kostas Tassopoulos
    The workshop aims to provide a deep apprehension of The Lyömätön Tie-Alternative to violence -program®





    We want participants to take out 3 main things:


    1 What are the specifics of the     work with male perpetrators

    2 What is the structure of the work process with the perpetrator

    3 What are the cultural and gender specifics of working with male immigrants


  • Matti Kupila
    The workshop aims to provide better understanding of the male-specified challenges and information on work methods to overcome these challenges so that nonviolent relationships to come possible

    We want participants to take out 3 main things:

    1. Better understanding of the possibility of learning to live non-violently.

    2. One is able to utilize the Miessakit five-encounter model when working with men who are victims of violence.

    3. Better understanding on issues behind the violence

  • Jussi Pekkola
    The workshop aims to provide better understanding of the male-specified challenges and information on work methods to overcome these challenges so that nonviolent relationships to come possible

    We want participants to take out 3 main things:

    1. Why the trauma perspective is important when working with intimate partner violence.
    2. How men's experience of violence (when they were victims) affects their own violent behavior.
    3. How can we know if a client is a perpetrator, a victim, or both
  • Katrín Ólafsdóttir
    The goal of the workshop is to familiarize the audience with existing research on perpetrators of IPV. .




    We want participants to take out 3 main things:

    1.An overview of existing research on perpetrators to better understand their actions

    2. An analyses of how perpetrators understand their own violence and how it affects them.

    3. A comparison of your own experience working with perpetrators and the lived experience of perpetrators portrayed in research.

  • Hjálmar Sigmarsson
    The goal of the workshop is to transfer of practical examples of engaging men and boys in combating gender-based violence using a survivor-based approach.



    We want participants to take out 3 main things:

    1. Increased knowledge and skills in providing trainings where participants achieve a deeper understanding of a broad set of issues and concepts relevant to GBV and VAWG.

    2. Increased skill in creating a sharing and learning space for men for effective engagement.

    3. Increased skill in moderating workshops for men to discuss and design ways and strategies to involve more men
Schedule
Katrín Ólafsdóttir and Hjálmar Sigmarsson from "RIKK" - Institute for Gender Equality & Difference, Iceland
24.08.2020, 11:00 - 15:30 Moscow time
25.08.2020, 11:30 - 15:30 Moscow time
Miika Peltonen and Kostas Tassopoulos from "Lyömätön Linja Espoossa", Finland
26.08.2020, 10:00 - 18:00 Moscow time
27.08.2020, 10:00 - 15:00 Moscow time
Matti Kupila and Jussi Pekkola from "Miessakit", Finland
28.08.2020,
9:30 - 16:00 Moscow time
31.08.2020,
9:30 - 16:00 Moscow time
What tasks are expected to be solved at the seminars?
Katrín Ólafsdóttir and Hjálmar Sigmarsson

1- Increase knowledge about approaches for training men and boys on how to combat Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG).

2 - Development of insights and skills on how to implement the engagement of men and boys in different contexts.

3 - Development of skills on what topics and issues need to be addressed in engaging men and boys.

Miika Peltonen and Kostas Tassopoulos

1 - To underline a specificity of the
work with male perpetrators

2 - To understand the structure of the
work process with the perpetrator

3 - To identify cultural and gender
specifities working with immigrant
men

Matti Kupila and Jussi Pekkola


1 - Why the trauma perspective is important when working with intimate partner violence.

2 - Provide better awareness whether the customer is violent, victim or both.

3 - Raise awareness of violence against men and how it affect their own violent behaviour.



Dear participants, in order to achieve the best results from the training, please prepare a little
1
Think at least two issues / questions need to be answered
2
Be prepared to talk about job formats, job descriptions, and education.
3
Take a look at these materials:
Form of risk assessment and safety
Read UN Women Self-Learning Booklet: Understanding Masculinities and VAWG
Watch the Bystander Moment with Jackson Katz
Should you have any questions, feel free to contact me
STANISLAV KHOTCKII
What's up,Telegram: +420 773137533
E-mail: S.khotskiy@mir-project.com
VENUE
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