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An all star line up for our in person National Conference - bringing the leading expert voices! Keynote by @davidgmandel ; inputs from @jenanglaw; @RichardWhitecr3; @RuthFriskney; Gillian Baker; @tam_baillie and more Book tix here: training.womensaid.scot

An all star line up for our in person National Conference - bringing the leading expert voices! Keynote by @davidgmandel ; inputs from @jenanglaw; @RichardWhitecr3; @RuthFriskney; Gillian Baker; @tam_baillie and more Book tix here: training.womensaid.scot

📢Stop asking ‘Why doesn’t she just leave?’ 📢 How can we ask women to uproot themselves, their children and their lives when they have no money, no income and no access to immediate support? And why should we expect them to? Economic abuse further constrains the already very limited choices women have when it comes to separating from an abuser. It can make women reliant on abusers for a roof over their head and food on their table. And it presents them with the impossible choice between staying and continuing to experience abuse, or leaving and facing poverty and destitution for themselves and their children. This is not the way things should be. Empower our work around economic abuse because #FreedomShouldntCost. Donate today and your donation will be generously matched by the Big Give Women and Girls Match Fund, so your money will go twice as far: bit.ly/4gVZtLk

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📢SWA National Conference Speaker Announcement – Founding Director of #Lawmanity, Jen Ang, will be leading the following workshop: 👉Children’s and Women’s Human Rights – Consideration of the legal landscape to challenge state failure to improve contact processes. 🌏As part of the workshop, Jen will also be looking at the #UNCRC and recent cases that have been heard at the European Court of Human Rights regarding child contact as a violation of children's rights Lawmanity is a project that aims to tackle inequalities in the law by working with people-led movements to secure positive change. Jen was formerly Founding Director of JustRight Scotland, a human rights charity which uses the law to defend and extend people’s rights. Jen is an experienced human rights lawyer and activist, qualified to practice in Scotland, England and Wales, and New York State. She is a legal expert on immigration and asylum, violence against women and girls, children’s rights, and on the rights of survivors of torture and trafficking. She is also a Professor in Practice at the #UniversityofGlasgow and believes in making legal education open and accessible to all. 📆Join SWA and leading Scottish and international experts in law, justice and social work to explore and draw attention to the systemic issues at play regarding #childcontact, highlighting the need to reform justice processes in Scotland. More info and book your place 👉 training.womensaid.scot/swa-national-c…

📢SWA National Conference Speaker Announcement – Dr Ruth Friskney, Research Fellow (Sociological & Cultural Studies) at the #UniversityofGlasgow and Research Associate with the Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research #SCCJR, will be leading the following workshop: 👉 Improving Space for Children in Child Contact Processes. Even if practitioners did understand – there’s no space for thinking about children in the child contact process. Ruth’s research looks at the relationships between individuals and institutions, with a particular focus on the experiences of children and women affected by domestic abuse and sexual violence. Recent work has included looking at lawyers’ perceptions of the child contact system for children and women affected by domestic abuse in Scotland. Ruth’s research often builds on previous policy work in the areas of gender-based violence and justice. 📆Join SWA and leading Scottish and international experts in law, justice and social work to explore and draw attention to the systemic issues at play regarding #childcontact, highlighting the need to reform justice processes in Scotland. More info and book your place 👉 training.womensaid.scot/swa-national-c…