Preventing Intimate Partner Homicide: Reflections from Members of the DVDRC (Part 2)
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The Learning Network and the Knowledge Hub are knowledge mobilisation and research initiatives based at Western University in Ontario, Canada.
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This webinar is the second in a series co-hosted by the LNKH webinar series and the FVFL project. In it, DVDRC members will share lessons learned from homicides in the context of family law proceedings as well as unique issues for survivors in immigrant or refugee communities. The webinar will also explore the special needs of surviving children in the aftermath of domestic homicide deaths.
Watch part 1 of this series, here (Part 2 will become available here after the fact).
By participating in this webinar, participants will:
- Understand post-separation abuse and appreciate how family court contexts can increase risk for lethality
- Identify unique challenges and risks for IPV homicide faced by immigrant and refugee communities
- Gain knowledge about the steps that court systems, legal professionals, community-based professionals can take to prevent of intimate partner homicide
- Consider the profound impact on, and needs of, child survivors of intimate partner homicide. Understand changes we need to make to better respond to these children.
Please direct all queries to the organiser: gbvln@uwo.ca.
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