Looking for some summer reading? Try one of the 75 DSGBV books we've donated to libraries across Ireland & NI, including TUS and Women's Aid Fed NI. Read about coercive control - how to recognise the warning signs, how to navigate the legal system or how to reform it. (1/3)

This #PrideMonth, it’s important to acknowledge that LGBT people can also experience coercively controlling behaviour / domestic abuse in their intimate relationships - a thread (1/6) Research indicates high levels of domestic abuse and intimate partner violence in LGBT relationships:

Did you know: Haven Horizons is on seven popular platforms? Join us in learning about how to identify coercive control, eliminate domestic abuse supportive behaviour, and end domestic, sexual, and gender based violence (DSGBV). Links to each platform in our bio. #DSGBVEndgame

Two years after first training one member of SETU staff, Haven Horizons are now actively collaborating with the university and have provided workshops for nearly 100 staff in understanding coercive control and domestic abuse, detecting red flags, and supporting disclosures. (1/2)

This Thursday, our book club is discussing 'Brutally Honest' by former Spice Girl and coercive control survivor Mel B, one of our ‘Five Books That Could Save Your Life.’ (1/3)

Thank you to all who joined us at 'Five Books That Could Save Your Life' at the Seamus Heaney Centre, Queens University Belfast, last night. This project was designed to start an all-island conversation on DSGBV and coercive control. (1/3)

Last chance: join us on Wednesday, 6-8pm, at the Seamus Heaney Centre QUB for 'Five Books That Could Save Your Life'. Our panel will examine the destructive impact of coercive control through five key DSGBV books. Book now: bit.ly/3GTP7xT #dsgbvendgame #domesticabuse #coercivecontrol

Five Books That Could Save Your Life

Please join us as we discuss five life-changing books that could literally save your life, examining the impact of coercive control.

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If you couldn't make it to our event at the Women's Aid Belfast & Lisburn Anniversary Conference last week, join us at the Seamus Heaney Centre, Queens University Belfast on 11 June 6-8pm organised by @reclaimtheagenda.bsky.social (1/3)

We’re going to finish the live tweets here, as we move to the Q&A session. If you were unable to join us in the Titanic Museum today, the ‘Five Books That Will Save Your Life’ tour will continue: (1/2)

Noelle: ‘An ex-partner leaving flowers on the doorstep can be dismissed by friends or professionals, even if there is a barring order in place. However, this type of action is often intended to intimidate the victim and to send a message that their abuser can still reach them.’

Madeline: ‘Coercive Control is a pattern of behaviours in a relationship you don’t always recognise at the beginning. It does not always include physical violence.’ This is something echoed by the Hart brothers in their book, ‘Remembered Forever’, a memoir about (1/2)

Danielle: ‘There’s a common trope often used in media reporting that domestic homicide is a crime of passion. This is fundamentally untrue and means many people do not recognise the danger posed to them by patterns of controlling behaviour. (1/2)

Madeline: ‘There is no one model of a victim or a perpetrator. Perpetrators can present as pillars of their community. As Lisa Aronson Fontes explains in ‘Invisible Chains’ victims can be successful, professional, and highly educated; we must look deeper and recognise the warning signs.’

Danielle: ‘Coercive Control is often something we don’t recognise without training. Mel Bs memoir ‘Brutally Honest’ shows the contrast between the public presentation of some victims as powerful, successful people and what goes on behind closed doors.’

Noelle: ‘In refuges in the North, we use Jane Monckton-Smith’s book (In Control: Dangerous Relationships and How They End in Murder) as our bible – she really explains the progressive timeline of coercively controlling behaviour, and why and how it can end in murder’

Madeline: ‘‘What is to be done about Violence Against Women’ addresses what has been done to combat DSGBV in the last 40 years and asks why what we are doing is not working.’ (1/2)

The five books being discussed are ‘Invisible Chains’ by Lisa Aronson Fontes, ‘Remembered Forever’ by Luke & Ryan Hart, ‘Brutally Honest’ by Melanie Brown, ‘In Control: Dangerous Relationships and How They End In Murder’ by Jane Monckton-Smith, &

Good afternoon! We’re live from the Women’s Aid 50th Anniversary Conference at the Titanic Centre, where our ‘Five Books that Could Save Your Life’ panel discussion is about to start. This all-island project seeks to change the conversation on DSGBV and coercive control.

"Five Books That Could Save Your Life" aims to change the all-island conversation on Domestic Abuse and Coercive Control. Join us in the next phase of the project in Belfast. (1/5)

Yesterday's coercive control training had almost 50 attendees. This indicates the level of interest in finding out more about the tactics and dynamics of coercively controlling behaviour. (1/3)

Last chance to join our free Coercive Control training session, this Wednesday 21 May at 1-2pm. This introductory session will include terminology, legislation, and how to recognise coercive control. Book now: bit.ly/3S2W0PP

Understanding Coercive Control

This is an introduction to the topic of Coercive Control. The lecture is open to all who are interested in this topic.

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It's time for the #DSGBVEndgame Haven Horizons went to the Dáil last week to call on our representatives to recognise DSGBV as a public health emergency above party politics. We believe it is time for proactively preventing domestic abuse, rather than just reacting to it. (1/3)

Thanks to the TDs, Senators & Cllrs who met with us in the Dáil yesterday. DSGBV is a public health crisis that cuts across party politics. We need a radical new approach, comparable to how we tackled tobacco. It's time to focus on prevention - it's time for the #DSGBVEndgame.

If we don’t prevent DSGBV, we permit it: a thread on why Haven Horizons will be presenting to TDs and Senators tomorrow, May 7, at 3pm in Dáil Eireann's AV room (1/4)

In addition to our work raising awareness with the general public, Haven Horizons also connects those working in DSGBA through our virtual community of practice. Among the other resources on this platform, we host a book club. (1/3)

Our Research, Training & Development Director Madeline Mc Aleer spoke to key figures, including Senators Cynthia Ní Mhurchú & Nina Carberry and an Taoiseach Micheál Martin, at the recent Shared Island Forum. (1/3) @micheal-martin.bsky.social @ninacarberrymep.bsky.social

Ireland ratified the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence, also known as the Istanbul Convention, in 2019 - which placed legal obligations, for the first time, on governments to address DSGBV (1/8)

Before Ireland could ratify the Istanbul Convention in 2019, the Govt were required to criminalise domestic abuse, and they introduced the offence of #CoerciveControl. This offence has not been introduced worldwide, which has profound impact on victims seeking justice: (1/2)

Did you know: since 2018, Haven Horizons has donated books on DSGBV as part of our prevention & public education remit? We believe that information is key to changing the attitudes & beliefs that drive #DomesticAbuse supportive behaviour. Our collection includes books for: (1/3)

Madeline Mc Aleer attended todays DSGBV Forum. Great to hear Min for Justice Jim O'Callaghan speak about Zero Tolerance & the need for primary prevention. Great work has been done by Cuan in the Co-ordination of frontline services & in providing a central data hub in such a short time.