CHALLENGING VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN PROJECT

The Challenging Violence Against Women Project is the only project of its kind in Scotland.
​We are a team of men working in partnership with men to tackle issues of gender inequality. We do this by:

Promoting Gender Equality and Human Rights

Raising Awareness of Honour Based Violence (HBV), Gender Based Violence (GBV) & Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)

Reducing the incidence of all types of Violence against Women 

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​Why Men?​

We work with men to support them to change their attitudes and practices and influence others in their communities. Social change affects the entire community. It is important that men are involved in this process to come up with lasting solutions. Ensuring that everyone has basic knowledge of their rights and responsibilities helps us achieve our aim of enabling women to lead a dignified life free from violation of human rights.

The Men's Group at Maryhill Integration Network made this short film to discuss violence against women, and what we can do collectively and as individuals to end gender based violence. They film ties into the international campaign - The White Ribbon Campaign - and more information about that can be found here. ​

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How We Achieve Our Aims

• Building our relationships with established community groups and religious organisations 
• Educating communities about the harmful health and social effects of FGM, GVB & HBV
• Engaging individuals through providing support and sign posting 
• Raising awareness of the implications of human rights violations, with a focus on child protection and violence against women
• Recruiting Community Champions to raise awareness and address attitudes surrounding violence against women within their communities and families.

Types of Work

• Training Programme delivered through central work shop sessions
• Outreach sessions with groups and individuals in community settings
• Training for partner organisations in the Third and Public Sectors
• Run community events for networking purposes, as well as engage further with communities for a collective progression towards our aims

Want to know more about children's rights? Find useful information and training on the Scottish Governments Website 

Child Human Rights​

Training 

For further information or to 
join the project contact us on:

VAW@infosource.org.uk
0141 258 2773
07982 938 681

Latest News from Challenging Violence Against Women!

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Survivors Of Torture Football Initiative

​We are really excited to announce a project we have been working on, along side Freedom from Torture, The Jimmy Johnstone's Charitable Trust and The Scottish Football Association.
Many people we work with are torture and trauma survivors, and we have long worked on incorporating torture survivor awareness training into the public sector.
The project will work with refugee and asylum seeking men who are survivors of torture and trauma, with the aim of starting a football team! This is the first project of its kind in Scotland, and we hope it will create a community of men who feel supported, included and active!

Female Genital Mutilation Seminar

The Challenging VAW project organised a fantastic joint event with Saheliya, and invited public and third sector representatives to discuss FGM and raise awareness of the practice. ​
A big part of the work Challenging VAW does is in relation to tackling FGM practice. Currently there are roughly 5000 new case of FGM recorded in the UK each year, even though the practice has been illegal since 1985.

​You can find more about our work on FGM here

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