Shifting Sands: Coercive Control Training Toolkit Launch

1st April 2021 marks two years since coercive control became a crime under the Domestic Abuse Act in Scotland.

Glasgow Women’s Library and Mariam Ahmed (Ethnic Minority Domestic Abuse Expert) are pleased to announce the launch of a coercive control training toolkit to accompany their short film, “Shifting Sands”. To celebrate the launch, we will be hosting an event offering insight into the endless cycle of arguments, guilt and reconciliation suffered by victims.

Coercive Control Training Toolkit Launch, Thursday 1st April, 12pm to 1pm, Online, 16+

Charting a journey of survival and hope, Shifting Sands tells a story of a woman in an abusive and controlling relationship that limits her space for action and potential as a human being. This new training resource will illustrate to learners what constitutes coercive control through exploring warnings signs, the impact it can have on a victim’s mental health and the role we play as a society in eradicating domestic abuse.

COVID-19 has presented new challenges for everyone, but particularly for those living with domestic abuse. As we look towards 2021, we must address the inconsistencies in our response and promote a more coherent understanding of coercive control and the impact it can have.

Our event will provide an introduction to our training toolkit, enabling participants to gain a deeper understanding of this type of abuse and how to effectively support victims.

This launch event is free and open to all. Once you’ve booked (below) we’ll send you the Zoom meeting details including the link to watch the film before the event.  The film will be available to watch until midnight on the 1^st April.

Trigger warning:  Domestic Abuse, Verbal Abuse

“I am so happy to see this kind of behavior  shown as abuse. Especially for young women, this film can educate them to protect themselves and see the signs before it gets too bad” – Participant who attended the Shifting Sands film Launch 2019

Mariam Ahmed

Mariam is the Chief Executive Officer for Amina a leading organisation in Scotland that supports and empowers Muslim and Ethnic Minority women. Mariam’s expertise is on gender-based violence and she has been committed to working with all sectors to end violence against women. Mariam is a qualified Independent Domestic Abuse Advocate and her previous role was leading a domestic abuse service for over 11 years, where she was a specialist in supporting Asian, Black and Ethnic Minority women. Mariam has been committed to highlighting stories of women in destitution and she is a vocal advocate of the human rights issues affecting women with immigration control. Mariam is a training specialist on harmful traditional practises and a training associate for SafeLives. Mariam is a Director for Scottish Women’s Aid and Chair of The Glendale Women’s Café.

Lucy McDonald

In 2002, Lucy volunteered to support children affected by domestic abuse, which led to a job in refuge and then domestic abuse advocacy roles both in England and in Scotland.  She began working with SavesLives in 2006 as a trainer, and now oversees SavesLives work in Scotland, including training and learning, Whole Lives, Safe At Home in Scotland and the Marac Development Programme.  She led the DA matters Scotland Change Programme with Police Scotland, and development of the DAART awareness–raising tool.   Her passion is to work together with partners in order to create consistent and effective approaches to domestic abuse drawing on data and the authentic voice of survivors and frontline practitioners.

Booking

Booking is now closed for this event.

The event is free and open to all (16+). To attend, please book below and we will share an email invitation with you.  If you would like to make a donation to Glasgow Women’s Library, you can do so here. Please note that booking will close on Wednesday 31st March and you will receive your email invitation a few days before the event takes place.

Accessibility

This session takes place via an online video call link. If you would like to attend, please book below and we will share an email invitation along with simple and straight forward instructions on how this will work. If you have any concerns about how this will work for you, please do get in touch and we’ll do all we can to support you in joining the session.

An automated live transcript using Otter.ai is available during this event.