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?? By supporting research and programs that build on existing knowledge of the prevalence, causes, and consequences of violence against women, we ensure that development funding and resources are used strategically and effectively. ??We know that we need to work with both men and women to mitigate backlash within communities and that interventions that work with couples can have a sustained impact on the reduction of violence well beyond the end of a programme. ?? A great example of this work is the Bandebereho programme in Rwanda: https://lnkd.in/dSpPdneE ?? This is an extract from the article ‘16 Ways to Strengthen the Field and Build Powerful Evidence to End VAW’ by the SVRI for The Pixel Project. Read it here: https://ow.ly/OGVX50UfAP4 #16DaysofActivism #EndViolence #EndViolenceAgainstWomen #EndChildSexualViolence #ResearchforImpact #EvidenceBased #NoExcuse #OrangeTheWorld

?? There is much we still need to learn to effectively respond to, understand, and prevent violence against women (VAW) and violence against children (VAC). ?? Few interventions have been sustainably taken to scale to transform social norms. Knowledge is still limited on the long-term effects of interventions; on how to integrate violence prevention into health, education and development programmes; and on how governments can integrate prevention efforts into their national budgets and strategies. ?? Investing in research on VAW and VAC is essential. Without evidence-based solutions, we can’t ensure our precious public funds are spent on programmes that truly make a difference for women and children. ?? Read all we can do to build powerful evidence to end violence in this article crafted by the SVRI for The Pixel Project: https://lnkd.in/dHJpmBgX #16Days #EndViolence #EndViolenceAgainstWomen #EndChildSexualViolence #ResearchforImpact #EvidenceBased #NoExcuse #OrangeTheWorld

?? Global femicide rates are alarming. Every day, more than 140 women and girls around the world are intentionally killed by an intimate partner or family member. Our new joint report with UNODC shows that despite growing awareness, women and girls worldwide face increasing deadly violence. We must stop the cycle, provide support for survivors, and end impunity. Let's unite and take action to stop violence against women. Find out more: https://lnkd.in/ezmxXrgg #NoExcuse #16Days #Beijing30

Fantastic work by Katerina Hadjimatheou Dr Ruth Weir Professor Alejandro Quiroz Flores Taylor Skevington showcasing how machine learning can unlock critical insights into the prevalence and features of police-recorded domestic abuse. This research shows how police forces can build an evidence base to support local decision making and resource allocation. It also highlights how forces can identify significant gaps in addressing domestic abuse, in this case, it drew attention to local needs around IPV perpetrated by young people and female-to-male IPV, that local services were not adequately providing for. By combining rigorous analysis and understanding of domain data provenance, this is an important step forward in exemplifying one of the many ways that machine learning can empower police and local services to better respond to and prevent domestic abuse. #AIinPolicing #digitaltransformation #machinelearning #police #digitaltransformationinpolicing #domesticabuse #policedata

Coercive control is domestic abuse! It encapsulates all forms of abuse. An abusers tactics are used to create fear and intimidation and take away personal liberties of the victim-survivor. This is 95-98% of domestic cases per Dr. Evan Stark. Physical and sexual abuse make up a very small part of domestic abuse cases, yet in the states that is the only two forms criminalized! An abuser will only use as much abuse as it takes to keep the victim-survivor in compliance. So, in the states with domestic incidents and domestic homicides increasing, maybe we should take a harder look at exactly what domestic abuse truly is and hold abusers accountable for coercive control tactics too. It is just as dangerous and/or lethal!

Very insightful work, Lana Wells MSW, RSW University of Calgary. This demonstrates how urgent it is for forces to effectively harness the data that they have on their systems to be able to join the dots sooner. It is literally a matter of life and death in so many cases. This is where AI solutions could revolutionise policing. #AIsolutions #machinelearninginpolicing #domesticabuse #domesticviolence #VAWG #digitaltransformation #algorithmicpolicing #techforgood

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has announced the most ambitious wave of policing reform for a decade – a new ‘National Centre of Policing’ to run support services for local forces, a new UK Home Office Police Performance Unit and co-designed police performance framework, and over ￡500 million of extra funding for forces across England and Wales, as Policing Insight’s James Sweetland reports. ?Across the country, there are pockets of brilliance or patches of serious failure, but we don’t have a clear framework for showing what works or what needs to rapidly change. The result is not just a postcode lottery, but a blindfold one.? - Yvette Cooper, Home Secretary ?Direct central government funding for policing will increase by more than half a billion pounds next year, including over ￡260 million for the core grant and additional funding for neighbourhood policing, counter-terrorism and the National Crime Agency.? - Yvette Cooper, Home Secretary ?I make no exaggeration when I say that this is a once in a generation chance for us to transform policing. The last one was 60 years ago. Let us not delay any longer.? - CC Gavin Stephens QPM, National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC) Chair ?I wouldn’t want to see locally accountable PCCs or chief constables emasculated or having their funding unreasonably cut. The local policing model is important, and I don’t want to see it undermined.? - Chris Philp, Shadow Home Secretary ?We must begin to look at funding from a long-term perspective so that chief officers can make strategic funding decisions, based on the reality of demand both today and in the future.? - Police Superintendents' Association President Nick Smart [SUBSCRIBER ARTICLE] https://lnkd.in/dpcjKJ4N #lawenforcement #policing #police #policereform

Project Lighthouse will be launching the first training module for professionals on ‘Domestic Abuse, Child Removal & Suicide’. This training is available to any professional who has engagement with mothers who endured domestic abuse and child removal. We are so very lucky to have Alison Armstrong who has been integral in the development of this vital training. Alison will deliver the training across the United Kingdom. We look forward to hearing from local authorities, legal professionals, the judiciary law schools, GPs & NHS professionals. For further information, please contact: [email protected]