We support #16DaysofActivism. Today we showcase an animation on sextortion, a form of online blackmail where offenders threaten to share sexual images or personal info of victims unless they pay money or meet other demands. vision.city.ac.uk/news/united-...

The Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey provides a picture of mental health across England. VISION researcher, @mcmanussally.bsky.social, has found that more adults show signs of drug dependence e.g. cannabis and non-medical use of prescription opioids. vision.city.ac.uk/news/more-ad...

New resource: If you are worried about a friend, family member, neighbour or colleague, who you think may be experiencing domestic abuse, this is a resource for you: www.womensaid.org.uk/information-... It will inform and equip you, and help you to look after yourself as you offer support.

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The Friends and Family  Handbook A handbook for friends, family members, neighbours, and colleagues of survivors. The Friends and Family Handbook provides practical support and information for anyone ...

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We are pleased to support @andri-i.bsky.social and Georgios Giannakopoulos at @citystgeorges.bsky.social with their first podcast miniseries, Partitioning for Peace: The violence of bordering on the island of Cyprus, hosted by The Lausanne Project. Listen here⬇️ vision.city.ac.uk/news/partiti...

Do you work with text data in the field of violence prevention? VISION colleagues will demonstrate Natural Language Processing techniques using domestic violence & abuse data on 13 Nov, 10 – 10:50 am. Email us to register: VISION_Management_Team@citystgeorges.ac.uk vision.city.ac.uk/news/webinar...

Accountability for human rights must guide collaboration in medicine & science. Medical & academic leaders have a duty to declare medicine’s commitment to the right to existence and life for all peoples, in all states. vision.city.ac.uk/news/medicin...

Check out the 1st study evaluating the impact of the consecutive COVID lockdowns on Domestic Violence & Abuse referrals. Ensuring access to primary care & continuing provision of specialist support for people experiencing DVA is vital during national emergencies. vision.city.ac.uk/news/impact-...

Work with text data in violence prevention? Want to explore Natural Language Processing as an analytical tool? Join VISION's Darren Cook & learn how NLP techniques can be applied to domestic violence & abuse data. Webinar: 13 Nov, 10 – 10:50 am. VISION_Management_Team@citystgeorges.ac.uk to register

Register for our next webinar on Understanding Economic Abuse, presented by Dr Nicola Sharp-Jeffs, a leading international voice on economic abuse. vision.city.ac.uk/news/vision-...

Can the ONS new combined measure of violence be used to accurately assess progress in reducing violence against women and girls? We highlight the problems: lack of historical continuity; incomplete scope of violence: & technical and transparency concerns. vision.city.ac.uk/news/can-the...

Can the ONS new combined measure of violence be used to accurately assess progress in reducing violence against women and girls? - City Vision

Blog by Dr Polina Obolenskaya, Merili Pullerits and Dr Niels Blom The UK government is expected to publish its new Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) strategy later this year. The strategy is par...

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Come to Lambeth Peer Action Collective's research report launch! With VISION mentoring, the young team explored the role that youth orgs & trusted adults play in protecting young people from violence. Tues 21 Oct 4-6 pm at Foundry (17 Oval Way, SE11 5RR). Register: forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...

Like the tobacco, alcohol, and fossil fuel industries, the arms industry should be seen as a commercial determinant of health, where corporate practices matter as much as products when considering how industries can harm health. vision.city.ac.uk/news/arms-in...

The Terminally Ill Adults Bill requires careful consideration of the risks posed by domestic abuse (DA) & coercion. It currently does not fully tackle specific safeguarding concerns for those experiencing DA. VISION proposes 4 principles for consideration. vision.city.ac.uk/news/assiste...

A brilliant, well-articulated and thoughtful blog from someone who has experienced violence and abuse and attended our June annual conference. . . it is vital to bring Lived Experience voices into violence-related research for depth, context, and insight. vision.city.ac.uk/news/a-lived...

Join us at hybrid seminar at City St George’s, 10 Sept, exploring two VISION systematic reviews: 1. Experiences of violence among people in insecure migration status and 2. The effectiveness of UK domestic & sexual violence and abuse support services & interventions vision.city.ac.uk/news/upcomin...

I will be BlueSkying from the @respectuk.bsky.social account today at the @vision-research.bsky.social annual conference - let's catch up if you are there 😊

Dame Nicole Jacobs gives the keynote at @vision-research.bsky.social setting out how the DAC team works, how far the #domesticabuse #VAWG sector has come (with still some way to go)

The new animation from @citystgeorges.bsky.social on lived experience launched yesterday set out the importance of including it as a vital ingredient in research www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6Lb... - thank you to the team at @vision-research.bsky.social for an informative and energising day!

City St George’s University of London: Working with Lived Experience in violence-related research

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Proud to have partnered with @vision-research.bsky.social & @rapecrisis.bsky.social on this important new research. Sexual violence costs England & Wales a jaw-dropping £400bn. The govt must put money where their mouth is at the upcoming spending review and invest in specialist support services.

Sexual violence has an economic cost. Researchers say it’s more than 10 times higher than we think

Experts are calling on the government to invest urgently in preventing sexual violence and supporting survivors.

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This important research from @vision-research.bsky.social in collaboration with @rapecrisis.bsky.social and WBG marks a shift in how we understand the impact of sexual violence- allowing us to look at the full, lifelong economic burden of one year’s worth of offences. The findings are shocking.

This year marked the 4th annual UKPRP conference, themed ‘Mobilising a Cross-Government Response to Violence Prevention.’ The event brought together voices from academia, central and local government, health, justice, welfare services, and the voluntary sector. @vision-research.bsky.social

Together, they highlighted the collaborative work taking place across our partner organisations and the Drive Partnership - emphasising key milestones such as our 2020 Call to Action and the 2024 Call for Further Action.

It was especially insightful to hear from Dame Nicole Jacobs, Domestic Abuse Commissioner for England and Wales. In her keynote, Dame Nicole reflected on the progress made by the domestic abuse and violence against women and girls sector, while recognising the work still to be done.

Thank you to the UKPRP for having us. It was fantastic to have the opportunity to share more about our work and to learn from others across the sector as we continue in our collective efforts to stop domestic abuse. @respectuk.bsky.social @safelives.bsky.social

8.3% of employees experienced threats, insults or attacks at work in the past 12 months. More violence in the workplace research findings from VISION researchers @vanessagash.bsky.social and Niels Blom below ⬇️ vision.city.ac.uk/news/workpla...

⚖️ Earlier this year, Revolving Doors hosted two policy workshops for our Lived Experience of the Law research project. The theme of our second policy workshop was women’s experiences of domestic abuse and the family courts. Read our blog to find out more ➡️ revolving-doors.org.uk/lived-experi...

Work in violence-prevention? Check out our free 4th annual conference: Mobilising a cross-government response to violence prevention. Tuesday 3 June, 10:00 – 16:00 The Light Auditorium, Friends House, London Registration required: vision.city.ac.uk/vision-annua...

Many congratulations to Dr Anastasia Fadeeva who was recently awarded a UK Data Service Impact Fellowship and will research violence and mental impacts in older age. vision.city.ac.uk/news/vision-...

Lifetime costs for childhood exposure to child maltreatment &/or parental domestic violence & abuse were £71,309 per child (non-fatal exposure), & £1,292,377 per CM fatality, with £27.8 billion projected costs. Total costs for exposure to pDVA alone = £1 billion. vision.city.ac.uk/news/the-eco...

Adverse childhood experiences (ACES) can influence development & result in poor adult health outcomes. The aim of this systematic review is to better understand the nature & extent of evidence to infer a causal relationship between ACEs & adult health outcomes. vision.city.ac.uk/news/multipl...