5 Days of Violence Prevention

Expert Meeting 14th of May 2014 in Stockholm

Botkyrka Municipality

Change Attitude

Government Office of Sweden

Linköping University

Ministry of Education and Research

Region Västra Götaland competence center for Intimate Partner Violence

Save the Children

Solna AIK

Stockholm City

Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions

Swedish Green Party

The National Board of Health and Welfare

The Nordic Council of Ministers

The Swedish Crime Victim Compensation and Support Authority

The Swedish Inheritance Fund Commission

The Swedish National Agency for Education

The Swedish National Police Board

Union of Municipalities in Norrbotten

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Four years of FFV-learning

Freedom from violence (FFV) a project of The Swedish Inheritance Fund Commission, owned by Men for Gender Equality 2010-2014

Knowledge and best practice inventory from feminists and partners worldwide eg. MenEngage

Study visits to Boston, New Hampshire and Sioux city, USA

Research databases, scientific articles and reports from MenEngage, CDC and WHO

Three reports and conclusions

Experience of serious* violence as a child (0-18 years)

NCK (2014) defines serious violence against children as being raped (or attempt to rape) and/or repeatedly being a victim of sexual violence and/or sometimes/often being hit with a fist, hurt with a weapon or similar, and/or often experienced physical violence and/or often experienced threat of physical violence and/or often humiliated, bullied or similar and/or repeatedly seen or heard violence between parents (p. 64)

Point of departure

Violence prevention is an urgent and prioritized global issue

We want to highlight the importance of violence prevention initiatives on all prevention levels

Departing from a youth and gender perspective within this field of work.

Purpose of meeting

The purpose of the meeting is to initiate a dialogue focusing on the following three themes:

1.Why do young men use the majority of all violence?Sharing the current state of knowledge in the violence prevention field.

2.How can we prevent young men’s violence? Developing best practice and research based on current knowledge.

3.What future directions for our work is needed?Formulating creative ideas on how to deal with obstacles and use possibilities for strengthening our common work and creating a future without violence.

Theme 1 - Why do young men use the majority of all

violence?

Theme 2 - How can we prevent young men’s

violence?

Socio-ecological model

SocietalSocietalCommunityCommunityRelationshipRelationshipIndividualIndividualIndividualIndividual

Biological

Personal history

Demographic

Substance abuse

Experience of

violence

Peer relations

Intimate partnersFamily

members

Schools

Workplaces

Neighbourhoods

Social and cultural norms

Mens dominanc

eChild status

Economical and social

inequality

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Workshop - How can we prevent young men’s violence?12:30 Teamwork - How do we prevent gender based violence on different

levels in the socio-ecological model?

Workshop 1Individual level

Liz KellyLinda CoatesAllan WadeJohn Doyle

Workshop 2Relationship

level

Sharyn J. PotterJeffrey O’Brien

Graham Goulden

Workshop 3Community level

Alan HeisterkampDean Peacock

Stephanie Miedema

Gary Barker

Workshop 4Societial level

Dr Dinesh SethiChristian Veske

Dr. Zulema Altamirano Argudo

Pierrette Pape

13:15 Presentation of the result and mapping of different prevention methods and strategies

Magnus Loftsson - Facilitator Experts

Céline Giertta -Facilitat

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Karen Austin - Facilitator Experts

Klas Hylland

er -Facilitat

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Peter Söderström - Facilitator Experts

Sara Aarniva

ara -Facilitat

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Olga Persson - Facilitator Experts

Sofie Eriksso

n -Facilitat

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ants14:00 Coffee break

Theme 3 - Which future directions are needed within our field of

work?

Conclusions

Thank you!