Confronting Gendered Violence

14/06/2017

Two of our affiliates, Milica Minić and Jón Ingvar Kjaran will be attending conferences in Örebro and Jyväskylä in 14-16 June 2017. They will be moderating meetings with those that might be attending the same events to organize a discussion around the Network’s establishment and the proposed Concept note.

As discussed during the conference Confronting gendered violence: Focus on perpetrators, held in Helsinki 30th November – 2nd December 2016, there is a will to move forward in exploring the possibility to establish a Nordic network of stakeholders working with perpetrators of intimate partner violen...

14/12/2016

Presentations from the conference Confronting Domestic Violence. Focus on Perpetrators are now available on our web

December 13, 2016 at 2:50 pm News Kristín Ingibjörg Pálsdóttir Presentations from the conference Confronting Domestic Violence. Focus on Perpetrators are now…

30/11/2016

"According to Kristín Pálsdóttir, the intention with the 3-day conference is to enable various actors to meet and discuss how the issue is handled in the different Nordic countries. What treatments and solutions are available? What does the research say? Another objective is to create a Nordic network.
‘We are hoping that such a network can help develop the practices used in the Nordic region. It’s an important step in the work to solve the problem,’ she says."

The conference, titled Confronting Gendered Violence: Focus on Perpetrators, held in Helsinki at the House of the Estates, gathers Nordic researchers and experts in the ...

16/11/2016

The conference program is now finalized and available. Speakers come from all the Nordic countries. A print version of the program is also available, here.

The conference program is now finalized and available. Speakers come from all the Nordic countries, including their associated territories of Greenland and the Faroe Islands. In the opening session, on Wednesday 30 November, Tarja Filato...

08/11/2016

Lucas Gottzén is Associate Professor at the Department of Child and Youth Studies, Stockholm University, will be speaking about Partner-violent men’s disclosure narratives on Dec. 1.

“It’s like coming out”: Partner-violent men’s disclosure narrativesFrom its origins in the LGBTQ community, coming out has become a narrative genre describing the experiences of recognizing and disclosing a variety of other stigmatized positions, including that of chronically ill, disabled, fat—and…

07/11/2016

Salla Hyvärinen from Lyömätön Linja Espoossa will be speaking about Lyömätön Tie (Eng. The Unbeatable Way), a domestic violence intervention program on Nov. 30

Lyömätön Tie (Eng. The Unbeatable Way) is a domestic violence intervention program, offered free of charge, for male perpetrators and those who fear they might use violence in their families or other intimate relationship. Clients contact the program themselves, or they are informed about the servic...

17/10/2016

Susanne N. Magnusson, director of Dialog mod Vold, will be speaking about DMV's treatment model on Nov. 30

The treatment model of Dialogue against Violence – methods and resultsDialogue against Violence is a nationwide treatment program in Denmark for perpetrators of violence in intimate relationships and their families. Director Susanne Nour Magnusson will present the model of treatment applied, methods...

10/10/2016

Marius Råkil, director of Alternativ til Vold will be keynoting the conference on Nov. 30

Keynote: What does it take to change men (and women) who use violence in intimate relationships? Developments and shifts in approaches and attitudes towards perpetrators over the last 3 decades.

Marius Råkil is the director of Alternativ til Vold,

04/10/2016

We are now open for registration!

September 29, 2016 at 4:48 pm News Kristín Ingibjörg Pálsdóttir Dear recipient. We have the pleasure of inviting you to a Nordic conference on domestic and intimate partner violence. The conference sets focus on the contexts of perpetrators in the Nordic countries, seeking ways to break the cycles o...

10/09/2016

Call for participation!

September 10, 2016 at 2:32 pm News Kristín Ingibjörg Pálsdóttir We call for participation in the conference Confronting gendered violence: Focus on perpetrators which will be held in Helsinki on 30 November till 2 December 2016. The conference will be held in the House of Estates, situated in the ci...

02/09/2016

26/08/2016

August 26, 2016 at 9:53 am News Erla Hlín Hjálmarsdóttir We have the pleasure of inviting you to a Nordic conference on domestic and intimate partner violence. The conference sets focus on the contexts of perpetrators in the Nordic countries, seeking to find ways to break the cycles of violence. The...