Action For Change - University of New Brunswick

Action For Change:
Empowering Women Victim Of Intimate Partner
Violence To Build Healthier And Safer Lives
Muriel McQueen Fergusson Centre
for Family Violence Research
New Brunswick Association of
Social Workers
Agenda
 Welcome & Introduction
 Goal & Objectives of the project
 The Team Project
 Manual
 Summary of the two 3-day workshop for women
survivors of IPV
 What we learn from the women who participated in the
workshop
 International Presentations
 Conclusion and Discussion
Goal & Objectives of the Project
• Goal: To help women victims of Intimate Partner Violence to
build healthier and safer lives
This project has two objectives:
 Objective 1: To create a process by which women
victims/survivors of IPV will be empowered to lead healthier
and safer lives.
 Objective 2: To help to develop a strategy, via a gender lens
and from the input received by women victims/survivors of
IPV that would evaluate how the formal helping system is
conveying their care
Project Structure Chart
Summary of the two 3-day workshop for women
survivors of IPV
Achieving our Potential
A workshop for Women Survivors of IPV
DAY 1…
 Module 1: Introduction to Intimate Partner Violence
 Defining IPV
 Types of IPV
 Prevalence of IPV
 Severity of IPV
 Causes
 Cycle of Violence
 Beliefs and Assumptions
 Effects
 Risk Factors
 Barriers to leaving an abusive relationship and leaving
process
Achieving our Potential
A workshop for Women Survivors of IPV
Agenda
Day 2:
 Module 2: Healthy Me
 Who Am I? Knowing and Uncovering your inner self
 Codependency
 A relationship of Trust
 Communication
 Regrets and Guilt
 What is stress, and tools to deal with it
 What do I want in a loving relationship?
Day 2 …
 Module 3 : Developing Leadership Skills
 What is Leadership?
 Acknowledge leaders in your life
 Seeing Leadership Through a Gendered Lens
 Learning how to become an effective Leader
 Recognizing and pursuing your passion
 What is a Community Leader?
 Qualities of Successful leaders
 Learning how to help women in our Communities
Achieving our Potential
A workshop for Women Survivors of IPV
Day 3:
 Module 4: Women’s political engagement
 Challenging Gender Stereotypes
 Reflecting on the Importance of women in decisionmaking positions
 Discovering your Voice
Women History in Canada
1875- Grace Annie
Lockhart est la
première femme de
l’Empire britannique à
obtenir un diplôme
d’une université. Son
diplôme lui a été
décerné par
l’Université Mount
Allison, au N-B.
1900
1921- Agnus
MacPhail est la
première femme à
être élue à la
Chambre des
communes.
1910
1916- les femmes
du Manitoba
deviennent les
premières
Canadiennes à
obtenir le droit de
vote. Le Québec a
été la dernière
province à
emboîter le pas en
1940.
1920
1930
1929- Les femmes sont
considérées comme des
personnes au regard de
l’Acte de l’Amérique du
Nord britannique, 1867.
1940
1983- Le projet de
loi C-127, déclarant
que le viol d’une
femme par son
conjoint est une
infraction criminelle,
est adopté.
1974- Les femmes sont
admises à l’École de la
Gendarmerie royale du
Canada.
1966- Les Nations
Unies adoptent la
Déclaration sur
l’élimination de la
discrimination à
l’égard des femmes
(DEDEF).
1950
1969- Les
méthodes de
contraception
sont légalisées.
1960
1970
1977- Le 8 mars est
déclaré Journée
internationale de la
femme.
1980
1990
1982- Bertha
Wilson est la
première femme
à être nommée à
la Cour suprême
du Canada .
1993- Kim Campbell
est la première
femme à occuper le
poste de premier
ministre du Canada.
2000
1988- Ethel
Blondin-Andrew
est la première
femme
autochtone élue
à la Chambre
des communes.
2010
Achieving our Potential
A workshop for Women Survivors of IPV
Day 3…
 Module 5: The Importance of Evaluation
 Evaluating my Life
 Finding Program/Services that meets your needs
 Resources
 Evaluating Programs/Services
What are some helpful questions
that professionals (doctors, nurses,
social workers) can ask someone who
they suspect is in a situation of IPV?
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What we learned from the women that
participated in the workshop
I almost walked out at
first because I found it
overwhelming and I
felt physically sick but
because of the
instructors and myself
I stayed
I have learned
more about
women’s rights
and how we
still have a long
way to go
The activities
helped us take
a better look at
our lives and
our success
despite the
hard situations
that we lived
through.
I would like to see this workshop to
be presented in my first nation
community because I feel the more
we share and learn the more we can
move on and allow our self to heal. I
liked that we were of all ages,
cultures, challenges, stages of
healing, educational background and
economic status.
Workshop
Many of the participants indicated that the
workshop:
Intense & emotional experience for them,
they were very grateful that they attended as
they felt it was a beneficial experience for
them.
Why the Information Session?
Distribution of both Manuel (facilitator and
participant):
 Contains information, questions and activities that
may be helpful in various ways.
The overall goal:
 To provide a workshop for women survivors of IPV
in your community
 To learn and inform others about IPV
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International Presentations
Melbourne 2014
Questions? Comments?
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Thank You
Muriel McQueen Fergusson Centre
for Family Violence Research
&
The New Brunswick Association of Social Workers
For more information:
Rina Arseneault
506-458-7137
E-mail: [email protected]
www.unbf.ca/arts/CFVR
Martine Paquet
506-444-9196
[email protected]
www.nbasw-atsnb.ca