Practice Development Webinar

In this webinar, speakers will present and discuss new research findings about the use of Coercive Control by abusers in intimate relationships. The research is part of work carried out by the Centre for Gender Violence Research, in the School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol, in partnership with Women’s Aid Federation of England, and funded by Oak Foundation.

The project addresses a series of important issues in tackling domestic violence and abuse that have not previously been dealt with to any extent, relating specifically to emerging forms of Coercive Control. Using a variety of methods, the project seeks to:

• deepen understanding of the use of chemical restraints (abuse via medication);
• explore use of faith and faith practice as part of coercive control;
• improve measurement of coercive control;
• explore survivors’ mental health for implications on employment, ability to seek safe accommodation, and implications for children;
• develop briefings on the relationship between coercive control, financial /economic abuse and housing crises faced by DVA victims-survivors;
• develop a briefing on the abuse of pets in the context of coercive control.

Topics/speakers:

• Misogyny and Coercive Control Prof Marianne Hester, University of Bristol
• Religious Faith and Coercive Control Dr Natasha Mulvihill and Dr Nadia Aghtaie, University of Bristol
• Using Pets/Companion Animals as Part of Coercive Control Dr Mary Wakeham, Refuge4Pets
• Using Chemical Restraint as Coercive Control Sarah-Jane Walker and Prof Marianne Hester, University of Bristol

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To book your place, please contact the MRC Events Organiser at University of Bedfordshire, Gemma Wilson, at: mrc@beds.ac.uk.

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