On 23rd November 2021 we hosted a network meeting hosted by Sharli Paphitis. We launched our upcoming Arts Competition, held a panel on researcher trauma and heard a keynote speech from the SVRI leadership team. You can watch the recording of the full webinar below.
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We were delighted to launch our fourth funding call. This call is looking for artistic public engagement projects that further the discussion around violence, abuse and mental health.
We are accepting applications until the 4th March 2022.
To access full details about the competition, and sign up to attend associated events, click here.
We are accepting applications until the 4th March 2022.
To access full details about the competition, and sign up to attend associated events, click here.
| VAMHN Arts Competition Launch.pptx |
We hosted a panel discussion about researcher trauma with four expert speakers. Find out more about them below:
Emma Williamson
Emma is a Reader in Gender Based Violence in the Centre for Gender and Violence Research at the University of Bristol. She has over 25 years experience researching various aspects of gendered abuse. She also has an interest in research ethics and integrity. She is currently the Faculty of Social Science and Law Research Ethics Officer, and Co-Editor on the Journal of Gender Based Violence which is based at the University of Bristol.
Extra resources:
Twitter: @drewilliamson @UoBrisSPS @BristolUni
Webpage: https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/en/persons/emma-williamson
Emma Williamson
Emma is a Reader in Gender Based Violence in the Centre for Gender and Violence Research at the University of Bristol. She has over 25 years experience researching various aspects of gendered abuse. She also has an interest in research ethics and integrity. She is currently the Faculty of Social Science and Law Research Ethics Officer, and Co-Editor on the Journal of Gender Based Violence which is based at the University of Bristol.
Extra resources:
- Emma Williamson, Alison Gregory, Hilary Abrahams, Nadia Aghtaie, Sarah-Jane Walker & Marianne Hester
- Secondary Trauma: Emotional Safety in Sensitive Research paper: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10805-019-09348-y
- Alison Gregory, Emma Williamson & Maria Barnes Conducting research on sensitive and traumatic topics during a pandemic blog:http://www.transformingsociety.co.uk/2020/06/23/conducting-research-on-sensitive-and-traumatic-topics-during-a-pandemic/
- Emma Williamson & others: The emotional cost of ending violence against women and girls webinar, VAWG Research Network: Webinar https://www.play.mdx.ac.uk/media/VAWGRN+Webinar+2.7.20+-+The+Emotional+Cost+of+Ending+VAWG.mp4/1_b70mdx36
- Emma Williamson & Alison Gregory SWDTP webinar: The impact of conducting sensitive research online: before, during and after COVID-19 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DHiUZhLt3Y&t=3s
Twitter: @drewilliamson @UoBrisSPS @BristolUni
Webpage: https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/en/persons/emma-williamson
Laura Thurman
Laura Thurmann (she/her) is a PhD researcher at the Department of Social Anthropology at the University of Manchester. Her PhD project examines gendered security practices and violence in ethnographic fieldwork. Her Master’s thesis was based on a mixed-methods study on experiences of sexualized violence in fieldwork among German anthropologists. She previously conducted fieldwork on police and security in the DR Congo and Nigeria.
Twitter: @LauraThurmann @Fieldworksafety
Webpage: https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/laura.thurmann-postgrad.html
Laura Thurmann (she/her) is a PhD researcher at the Department of Social Anthropology at the University of Manchester. Her PhD project examines gendered security practices and violence in ethnographic fieldwork. Her Master’s thesis was based on a mixed-methods study on experiences of sexualized violence in fieldwork among German anthropologists. She previously conducted fieldwork on police and security in the DR Congo and Nigeria.
Twitter: @LauraThurmann @Fieldworksafety
Webpage: https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/laura.thurmann-postgrad.html
Jennifer Holly
Jennifer is a qualified and highly experienced researcher, project manager and trainer with substantive expertise in the fields of women’s experiences of multiple disadvantage. She has spent ten years leading projects to improve organisational responses to violence and abuse and is known for her commitment to supporting the wellbeing of practitioners working closely with trauma.
Twitter: @jennyintheworld @SWMH_IoPPN
Webpage: www.mappingthemaze.org.uk and www.avaproject.org.uk
Slides:
Jennifer is a qualified and highly experienced researcher, project manager and trainer with substantive expertise in the fields of women’s experiences of multiple disadvantage. She has spent ten years leading projects to improve organisational responses to violence and abuse and is known for her commitment to supporting the wellbeing of practitioners working closely with trauma.
Twitter: @jennyintheworld @SWMH_IoPPN
Webpage: www.mappingthemaze.org.uk and www.avaproject.org.uk
Slides:
| Jennifer Holly.pptx |
Naima Iqbal
Naima is a member of the VAMHN Lived Experience Advisory Group.
Naima is a member of the VAMHN Lived Experience Advisory Group.
We were delighted to welcome Abbie Shepard Fields from Universidad Centroamericana for our keynote speech.
Abbie is a psychologist based in Managua, Nicaragua, where she has lived for 35 years. She directed the psychology departments at two Nicaraguan universities, working also as a professor and researcher, and has more recently focused on clinical work. Her main area of specialization for the past 25 years has been trauma and sexual violence. Her current research examines the mind-body relationship in processes of post-trauma recovery, more specifically the practice of trauma-informed yoga with adult female survivors of childhood sexual abuse.
Abbie was joined by Liz Dartnall and Sophie Namy from the SVRI. Liz is the Executive Director of the Sexual Violence Research Initiative, which, with over 7000 members, is one of the largest global networks in the field of research on violence against women and violence against children. She is a health specialist with over 20 years’ research and policy-making experience on health systems, mental health, violence against women and violence against children.
Sophie is the founder and co-Director of Healing and Resilience after Trauma (HaRT), an organization dedicated to a future where women and girls can access spaces for collective trauma healing through integrated mind-body practices. She is also a technical advisor at Raising Voices and a member of COFEM's coordination committee. She has over 14 years' experience in feminist research and practice to prevent violence against women.
Extra resources
Slides
Abbie is a psychologist based in Managua, Nicaragua, where she has lived for 35 years. She directed the psychology departments at two Nicaraguan universities, working also as a professor and researcher, and has more recently focused on clinical work. Her main area of specialization for the past 25 years has been trauma and sexual violence. Her current research examines the mind-body relationship in processes of post-trauma recovery, more specifically the practice of trauma-informed yoga with adult female survivors of childhood sexual abuse.
Abbie was joined by Liz Dartnall and Sophie Namy from the SVRI. Liz is the Executive Director of the Sexual Violence Research Initiative, which, with over 7000 members, is one of the largest global networks in the field of research on violence against women and violence against children. She is a health specialist with over 20 years’ research and policy-making experience on health systems, mental health, violence against women and violence against children.
Sophie is the founder and co-Director of Healing and Resilience after Trauma (HaRT), an organization dedicated to a future where women and girls can access spaces for collective trauma healing through integrated mind-body practices. She is also a technical advisor at Raising Voices and a member of COFEM's coordination committee. She has over 14 years' experience in feminist research and practice to prevent violence against women.
Extra resources
- Fields, A.S., Namy, S. & Dartnall, E., (2020). SVRI Knowledge Exchange: Body-focused mental health approaches with survivors of sexual violence. Sexual Violence Research Initiative: Pretoria.
- Fields, A.S., (2019). The impact of therapeutic yoga on adult female survivors of child sex abuse in Nicaragua: Exploring the mind-body relationship in a culturally embedded healing process. [Doctoral dissertation]. Available at: https://www.proquest.com/openview/05c49be17198b897f82cd845d35543bc/1.pdf?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=18750&diss=y
- Namy, S., Carlson, C., Morgan, K., Nkwanzi, V., & Neese, J., (14 June 2021). Healing and Resilience After Trauma (HaRT) Yoga: Programming with survivors of human trafficking in Uganda. Available at: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02650533.2021.1934819
- Sexual Violence Research Initiative (SVRI): https://svri.org
- HaRT yoga: www.hartyoga.org/
Slides
| Abbie Fields.pptx |