Bringing Perpetrators to Justice – London Borough of Tower Hamlets VAWG Conference
Thursday, 1 December / 1.00 to 4.00pm / Raine’s House, Raine Street E1W 3AU
The council Violence against Women & Girls (VAWG) & Hate Crime (HC) Team invite the community of Tower Hamlets to join us and the Mayor of Tower Hamlets at this event.
The aim of the conference is to increase awareness and understanding of how Tower Hamlets council are aiming to ‘bring perpetrators to justice’, which is a key priority within the LBTH VAWG Strategy.
On the day, you will hear from expert speakers on:
• Policing VAWG
• Changing perpetrator behaviours within the Positive Change Programme
• Multi-agency support and the risk management processes undertaken to manage young people being sexually/criminally exploited
• Extremism and the links with misogyny
• Monitoring and enforcement against massage parlours and sexual entertainment venues exploiting women and girls
• Understanding and challenging ‘harmful practices’ and raising community awareness on Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)
• Designing pathways out of prostitution
• Hospital Community Navigation Services and the processes undertaken from A & E to community
• How courts respond to domestic abuse
There will also be an opportunity for attendees to ask panel members questions.
The conference is aimed at and relevant to all Tower Hamlets residents and members of the community and in bringing together these speakers, participants will be able to deepen their understanding of topical issues in the VAWG arena from multiple perspectives. This will enable participants to obtain a combined and current overview of both policy and practice.
Participants will also have ample opportunity to network with fellow professionals during the afternoon.
