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Recap: CEP workshop on gender-based violence in Probation
On 29 November 2023, CEP organized the 2nd Edition of the Workshop on gender-based violence in Probation. The workshop was held at the Centre for Legal Studies and Specialized Training in Barcelona.
The workshop was attended by 35 participants from 16 different jurisdictions who came together to understand and discuss the question of how to respond appropriately to gender-based violence in Probation.
The workshop covered the topic from the perspective of probation and other criminal justice professionals including offenders and victims. At this workshop effective and efficient ways of preventing and working with offenders were presented, also programmes used to prevent gender–based violence in probation and to support the treatment process were discussed. The challenge of assessing the outcome of intervention programmes was also presented.
A Round table session held a close and interesting discussion on “How do we work transnationally on gender-based violence”.
The workshop had a special guest, a subjective experience of a person who experienced child and adult domestic violence and shared her life experience and recovery with participants. Lynn Harris is now the founder and Managing Company Director of a social enterprise in Glasgow, Scotland called No Feart CIC. Lynn and her team facilitate psychoeducational and recovery programs for men, women and teens separately via group work in the community and/or online. Different intervention programs have been written by Lynn as a result of her experiences from childhood and adult abuse, her recovery and work studies from 2009.
Presentations
- European overview on Gender-based violence in Probation – Professor Kieran McCartan, University West England Bristol, United Kingdom.
- Lessons learned over the past two decades in preventing child sexual abuse in Latvia – Ms Janeta Bokaldere, Head of Counseling department at Centre for a Safe Childhood “Dardedze”, Latvia.
- Help-seeking behaviour in people at risk for sexual abuse: how can we install and promote secondary prevention measures? – Professor Katarzyna Uzieblo, Vrije Universiteit Brussels, Belgium.
- Working with gender-based violence offenders: Gakoa and Aldatuz programs – Mr Endika Biota, Psychologist at Basque Country Penalty Management Service, Basque Country, Spain.
- Overcoming the challenge of assessing the outcome of perpetrator programmes: The Impact Outcome Monitoring Toolkit – Ms Berta Vall, Research and Development Manager at European Network for Work with Perpetrators.
- Compassionate Vision Within – Personal experience – Ms Lynn Harris, Founder and Managing Company Director at No Feart CIC, Glasgow, Scotland.
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