 News
Sexual Entertainment Venue Licensing
Zero Tolerance continues to monitor the progress of the Air Weapons and Licensing (S) bill, which went to the Local Government and Regeneration Committee on 27 May 2015.
Sub section 68 of this bill concerns the licensing of Sexual Entertainment Venues (SEVs), more commonly known as lap-dancing clubs.
Video of the most recent committee debate of the Air Weapons and Licensing (S) Bill is available here.
To learn more about concerns with the Sexual Entertainment Licensing scheme, please visit the Zero Tolerance blog.
To keep up to date with the progress of the bill and proposed amendments, follow Zero Tolerance on Twitter and facebook and look out for the hashtag #SEVLicensing.
Women and Welfare Reform Committee
On Tuesday 2 June, the Scottish Parliament Committee will undertake its second evidence session as part of its women and welfare inquiry into the gendered impacts of changes in the benefit system. The Universal Credit, in particular, is an area of grave concern of many organisations working to prevent violence against women.
The papers for that meeting are available here.
Engender’s comprehensive submission to that committee is available here.
Events
Gender Matters - Engender Conference 2015
4 June 2015, Scottish Youth Theatre, Glasgow
This event is now full up, but you can be added to the waiting list and they will let you know as soon as they can if a place becomes available. This conference will continue on from the work Engender has been doing to consult women around Scotland on what changes are needed to improve the lives of women.
To find out more, click here.
A Feminist Citizen’s Basic Income?
22 July 2015, Rooms 6 & 7, Centre for Executive Education Building, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow
A Citizen’s Basic Income (CBI) has been proposed by feminist scholars and activists as an alternative to means-tested social security. Presentations by Prof. Annie Miller (Citizens’ Income Trust), Prof. Sara Cantillon (WiSE) and Dr. Caitlin McLean (WiSE) will introduce the topic, followed by group discussion on the context in Scotland, chaired by Emma Ritch (Engender).
To find out more about Engender’s CBI event, click here.
To read the Zero Tolerance blog, "Three ways a citizen’s income could help prevent men’s violence against women," click here.
Training & Opportunities
Applications Open for Clore Gender Equality Specialist Fellowship
Three new Specialist Fellowships are available for 2016, for those working on gender equality, with young people and with migrant communities.
To find out more, click here.
Domestic Abuse and BME Women, Children and Young People – Shakti Women’s Aid
16 & 17 June 2015, Edinburgh
Shakti Women’s Aid provides support, information and advocacy for black/minority ethnic (BME) women, children & young people affected by domestic abuse, and training & consultation for statutory, voluntary & community partners in Edinburgh and across Scotland. This training runs over a day & a half, and is open to all statutory, & voluntary staff, community workers and interested individuals.
To find out more, click here.
Understanding The Dynamics Of Domestic Abuse – Scottish Women’s Aid
17 June 2015, Edinburgh
This evidence-based session is aimed at front-line staff who work directly with women, children and young people and who recognise that an understanding of the dynamics of domestic abuse will help them in their work. The session draws on up-to-date research and theorising about the issue. Participants need no prior learning or experience of domestic abuse related issues.
To find out more, click here.
Coercive Control: What About the Children? – Scottish Women’s Aid and the Centre for Research on Families and Relationships
1 July 2015, Lecture Hall C, David Hume Tower, George Square, Edinburgh EH8 9JX
Eminent scholar and forensic social worker Evan Stark will be speaking on the subject of coercive control and the effect it has on children. Over the last two decades, knowledge of how children are harmed by exposure to abuse has been reshaped by an appreciation of coercive control, a pattern of violence against women in which perpetrators combine frequent, but often low-level physical assaults and sexual coercion, with stalking and other tactics of intimidation, isolation, degradation and control.
To find out more, click here.
Research
Women’s Experience of Sectarianism
For the last two years, Engender has been involved in an ambitious project to speak to women across Scotland about intra-Christian sectarianism, and its effect on their lives. This report summarises what women have told us about their experiences, and discusses ways that taking a gendered approach may change the way that anti-sectarianism initiatives are delivered in Scotland.
Report available here.
Safeguarding Teenage Intimate Relationships
This 24 month collaborative research project, based in five European countries, addresses the incidence, role and impact of new technologies for instigating and maintaining control and violence in young people’s intimate relationships.
Briefings available here.
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