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We are delighted that SHERA Research Group are confirmed as one of the petitioners before the Inter American Commission of Human Rights to the thematic hearing on survivors of #domesticviolence and the #Hague Convention: represented by Prof Tamara Amoroso Gonsalves @tamaramoroso. Professor Tamara Amoroso Gonsalves holds a PhD in Law from the Law and Society Program at the University of Victoria (Canada) and a postdoctoral degree from the Université de Montréal. She earned her Master’s in Human Rights from the University of São Paulo (USP) and her Law degree from the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (PUC-SP).

We are delighted that SHERA Research Group are confirmed as one of the petitioners before the Inter American Commission of Human Rights
to the thematic hearing on survivors of #domesticviolence and the #Hague Convention: represented by Professor Tamara Amoroso Gonsalves

Indonesia blocks Musk’s Grok chatbot due to risk of pornographic content Move comes after governments and regulators from Europe to Asia have condemned the AI tool and some have opened inquiries into sexualised content

Indonesia blocks Musk’s Grok chatbot due to risk of pornographic content.

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Thanks to ALL at SHERA with special thanks to: Dr Tamara Amoroso-Gonsalves (Hague and IACHR) Dr Adrienne Barnett (Hague, Presumption of Parental Involvement, Advisor to WHO, UN, World Bank and SVRI) Dr Elizabeth Dalgarno, Paola Motosi , Natalie Page, Sarah Taylor and Nic Robson (CEDAW, NAO, UN Human Rights Reports and UK VAWG strategy, Presumption of Parental Involvement, Advisors to WHO, UN, World Bank and SVRI) The 16 speakers and 300+ delegates of the global health justice conferences The 65 members who commit their time, resource and advocacy and as ever the victim-survivors who lead our work. www.shera-research.com

VAWG Strategy HM Government advisors - 5 recommendations accepted: Legislating to automatically restrict the exercise of parental responsibility for those convicted of serious sexual offences against children Repeal the presumption of parental involvement in the Children Act 1989 and the Children and Families Act 2014 Continued work to prevent the instruction of unregulated experts in family law children’s proceedings. Dedication to improving data sharing Commitment to publishing more judgements and examining the misuse of civil courts to continue patterns of abuse

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VAWG Strategy HM Government advisors Revoking the presumption of parental involvement to protect children from abusers - Law change The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) and Inter-American Commission on Human Rights submissions and Hague roundtables WHO, IRISi, UN, SVRI, Unicef and World Bank Advisory boards UN Human Rights Council Reports 20+ peer-reviewed papers, media engagement & books and our 4th Global Health Justice Conference

Immensely grateful to all at SHERA and those beyond for all their dedication and hard work in 2025.
Thank you to all of you
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Share a commitment Share 1 commitment to survivor-driven change. Tag your MP and @UN_Women. Donate to Resolute Women’s Support Services www.resolutesupport.uk Resolute is a survivor-led organisation supporting women and girls through the long-term effects of domestic abuse. Please support them to continue to offer: • One-to-one and peer support • Family court advocacy • Trauma-informed recovery programs • Holistic therapies and training

Day 16 #16DaysOfActivism @resolutesupport.bsky.social - we are committed all year to ending violence against women and children, especially in health justice systems. @jessasatomp.bsky.social

Led by Claire Throssell MBE and contributed to by so many wonderful people 🙏 thank you to everyone who worked so tirelessly, Natalie Page Jess Philips, Jess Asato, Dr Marie Tidball, Right to Equality RoW, Womens Aid and so so many others

ESDAS Polish webinar on domestic abuse Free online webinar in Polish to help increase awareness and understanding of domestic abuse. This session will explore the dynamics of domestic abuse, the signs to look out for, and the barriers that victims and survivors may face when seeking help. Click here to register: https://www.esdas.org.uk/events-2-1/16days2025esdas

NoToClause104 Clause 104 must GO. The proposed Crime and Policing Bill would criminalise mothers who flee overseas with their children to escape domestic abuse. They could face up to seven years in prison simply for protecting their families. Email your MP to say No to Clause 104 https://www.writetothem.com/

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Clause 104 must GO. The proposed Crime and Policing Bill would criminalise mothers who flee overseas with their children to escape domestic abuse.

Day 14 #16DaysOfActivism STADA Housing Response to Supporting Survivors of Digital Abuse
STADA are delighted to invite you to an online lunch and learn session themed ‘Housing Response to Supporting Survivors of Tech Abuse’. Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/housing-re...

Day 13 #16days #16daysofactivism #16daysofactivismagainstgenderbasedviolence Speak more: Talk about consent Share the F.R.I.E.S. toolkit and Eau Claire resources with young people you know - Freely Given (not pressured, forced or coerced), Reversible (just because someone agreed to something before, it’s not an automatic yes, and consent can be withdrawn at any time), Informed (everyone understands what activity they are agreeing to), Enthusiastic (not just going along with the activity but excited to be doing the activity!) and Specific (agreeing to one activity isn’t agreeing to all similar activities). https://www.echealthalliance.org/consent-healthy-relationships-toolkit

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Speak more: Talk about consent

Share the F.R.I.E.S. toolkit and Eau Claire resources with young people you know

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Day 12 #16DaysOfActivism #16DaysOfActivism2025 We honour the victims of the Polytechnique Montréal attack (December 6, 1989). This act of violent misogyny shook Canada and led Parliament to designate December 6 as The National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. On December 6, we remember: Geneviève Bergeron Hélène Colgan Nathalie Croteau Barbara Daigneault Anne-Marie Edward Maud Haviernick Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz Maryse Laganière Maryse Leclair Anne-Marie Lemay Sonia Pelletier Michèle Richard Annie St-Arneault Annie Turcotte

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We honour the victims of the Polytechnique Montréal attack (December 6, 1989).

Day 11 #16DaysOfActivism #16DaysOfActivism2025 Safe in Faith action: Strengthen your understanding of what abusive behaviour in relationships looks like and how to respond. Read CSAN/Safe in Faith’s Do Justice guide on Domestic Abuse https://dojustice.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Do-Justice-Domestic-Abuse.pdf and the National Board of Catholic Women’s resource pack https://www.nbcw.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/NBCW-Domestic-Abuse-A4-Booklet.pdf

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Day 10 #16DaysOfActivism #16DaysOfActivism2025
Incel and Misogyny - 16 days of activism workshop.
Effective safeguarding and referral options covering risk indicators, incel lexicon and memes, the wider “manosphere” and more. Register here. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/incel-and-...

Day 9 #16DaysOfActivism #16DaysOfActivism2025 #InternationalDayOfPersonswithDisabilities International Day of Persons with Disabilities - Click here to see a host of things you can do today and every day to support people living with a disability. https://diversity-inclusion-speakers.com/news/general-news/how-to-celebrate-international-day-of-disabled-persons/ Digital violence against girls with disabilities is a severe and underreported issue, amplified by the intersection of gender, sex and disability. Known as Technology-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence (TFGBV), this abuse takes many forms and has significant physical, psychological, and social consequences. Girls with disabilities are at increased risk due to societal attitudes, low digital literacy, and dependence on caregivers and technology. Explore the SVRI resources to see how you can support these women and girls. https://www.svri.org/tfgbv-affecting-women-with-disabilities/

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Professionals need to understand that digital records should not just be viewed as neutral records. Abusers can manipulate them to construct a version of reality that masks coercion, and these simulated communications can both perpetuate and eclipse actual experiences of abuse.

Effective training for professionals needs to go beyond checking for explicit threats or aggression, by developing their learning to understand and recognise the patterns of coercive control and post-separation abuse.

The technology enables perpetrators to overwrite lived reality with simulations. The survivor’s ongoing experience of coercion, patterned, contextual, cumulative, becomes harder to see, while the perpetrator’s digital performance becomes much easier to believe.

This isn’t just about the image abusers create, though. Perpetrators have harnessed tech in numerous ways to further abuse victim-survivors. Woodlock describes this tech-enabled abuse as abuse that is ‘spaceless’ - it has no boundaries.

Technology-Facilitated Abuse and Coercive Control: Post-Separation Harm in the Family Courts

Day 8 #16days #16daysofactivism #16daysofactivismagainstgenderbasedviolence
This year's theme is “UNiTE to End Digital Violence against All Women and Girls.” Let's make sure we apply this within the #familycourt & regarding all #postseparationabuse drelizabethdalgarno.substack.com/p/technology...

Tackling Digital VAWG Training: Free event, Bexley Community Group A 1-hour online awareness session around the risks of cyber violence against women and girls, and how we can tackle it. Time: 11 am to 12 pm. Location: Online via MS Teams. Register here. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/tackling-digital-vawg-tickets-761122697477?aff=oddtdtcreator

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Day 7 #16daysofactivism #16DaysOfActivism2025 #16days #16daysofactivismagainstgenderbasedviolence Standing Together Against Domestic Abuse ‘A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness’ Screening and Panel Nominated for the 2016 Academy Award® for Best Documentary Short, this 40-minute film tells the harrowing true story of Saba, a young woman from Pakistan’s Punjab region who survives an attempted ‘honour’ killing by her own father and uncle after marrying for love. Sign up here. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-girl-in-the-river-the-price-of-forgiveness-screening-and-panel-tickets-1900157063929?aff=oddtdtcreator EIDA webinar - supporting colleagues in the workplace who are subjected to domestic abuse. Sign up here. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/domestic-abuse-supporting-colleagues-in-the-workplace-tickets-1069068064359?aff=oddtdtcreator

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Day 6 #16DaysOfActivism #16Days2025 Domestic abuse is the leading cause of homelessness for women. You can support women and children by donating to your local food bank. Search for your local food bank here. www.trussell.org.uk/emergency-fo...

Image description Dr Dalgarno invited speaker at PEEPSA SHERA Research Group https://www.shera-research.com Founder and Director will be presenting to the PEEPSA victim-survivor support Group on health, trauma and beyond the family courts. To support PEEPSA’s essential work, including building Christmas packages for victim-survivor families in need, donate here: https://peepsa.org HERSANA Free event When Technology Turns Toxic: AI, Abuse & The Realities of the Black Femme Experience in the Digital Age 10:00am to 11:30am online. This 90-minute, entry-level workshop explores how tech abuse and emerging AI tools are reshaping the landscape of gender-based violence, particularly for Black femmes. Through an intersectional lens, participants will unpack how power, bias, and digital control intersect in the lives of survivors https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-black-femme-experience-of-the-digital-world-ai-tech-and-virtual-abuse-tickets-1851779555499?aff=odcleoeventsincollection

Image description Suzy Lamplugh Trust Suzy Lamplugh Trust are offering a 30-minute Bystander Intervention Training to empower everyone to be active bystanders when they see harassment taking place. Sign up here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/stand-up-against-street-harassment-session-tickets-1691765569359?aff=oddtdtcreator&_gl=1%2A1wugfit%2A_up%2AMQ..%2A_ga%2AMTA0NzY3OTk2MS4xNzYxMDQzNTEy%2A_ga_TQVES5V6SH%2AczE3NjEwNDM1MTIkbzEkZzAkdDE3NjEwNDM1MTIkajYwJGwwJGgw Signpost to support By directing women experiencing abuse to the right support, churches can play an important role in standing alongside women who are trying to leave or recover from abusive relationships. Share Safe in Faith’s signposting toolkit to help upskill your church leaders. Signposting Toolkit: https://caritaswestminster.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Signposting-Toolkit-12.pdf www.shera-research.com

Image description Day 3 #16days #16daysofactivism #16daysofactivismagainstgenderbasedviolence Free Fleet Street Sound Bath This relaxing sound bath free meditation session has been designed to reduce stress, ease tension, and promote mental clarity through soothing sounds produced by instruments like gongs, crystal bowls, and tuning forks. Sign up here. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sound-bath-meditation-tickets-1080592223429?aff=oddtdtcreator Safe and Together free training for educators in Angus The Safe and Together model provides a framework for working in partnership with the non-offending parent, while holding the perpetrator accountable to achieve better outcomes for families. Sign up here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/s-t-16-days-of-activism-against-gender-based-violence-tickets-1764193643679?msockid=16ffe12446ba64ac2669f7a3472c6589

25th November: The International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women These are some reasons we speak up for women: Domestic abuse features in nearly 90% of family court cases There is a pro-contact culture of institutional violence where violence against women and children is dismissed, minimised or seen as historic Join our global movement to end violence against women and children in the family courts www.shera-research.com Join the 16 Days conversation on social media: use #NoExcuse and #ACTtoEndViolence. Use #WeSpeakUp on social media to spread the word. Waltham Forest Launch Event https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/16-days-of-activism-launch-event-tickets-1965078507715 Orange the World Get involved by wearing something orange to symbolise a brighter future free from violence against women and girls.

White Ribbon Day – Take the Pledge Everyone can speak up this White Ribbon Day by sharing a photo or video on social media, at work and with friends and family, saying why you speak up for women and girls. Join the 16 Days conversation on social media: use #NoExcuse and #ACTtoEndViolence. Use #WeSpeakUp on social media to spread the word. Waltham Forest Launch Event https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/16-days-of-activism-launch-event-tickets-1965078507715 Orange the World Get involved by wearing something orange to symbolise a brighter future free from violence against women and girls.

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‘No more children are going to die like you’: how Sheffield mother kept her promise to boys killed by father 11 years ago Claire Throssell has been central to the campaign to repeal parental contact laws following the deaths of her two sons at the hands of their father in 2014

What every parent and child owes to
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, words cannot express🙏. “I made him one last promise. I said to him: ‘No more children are going to die like you.’”

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Family Courts ACTION ONE: ASSUMED PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITY BREAKING GOVERNMENT REFORM: Sex offenders to be denied parental responsibility The government announced plans to repeal the presumption of parental invol…

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@sisterssalon.bsky.social for this collation of #familycourt updates & campaigns - several led by SHERA & PEEPSA's
@sarahtaylor82.bsky.social. We are also calling for a review into all cases where 'parental alienation' has been used to remove a child brightonsisters.wordpress.com/action-eight...