WEBINARS

Reproductive health impacts of domestic violence: a health care practitioner’s role in supporting women’s reproductive autonomy

PRESENTED BY: Liz Price

This one hour presentation on domestic violence and reproductive coercion provides an overview of the sexual assault and reproductive health impacts of domestic violence, specifically looking at:

  • The patterns and prevalence of unplanned pregnancy and abortion in those affected by domestic violence
  • Reproductive coercion as a perpetrator practice, and its role in the over representation of those affected by domestic violence presenting with unplanned pregnancy and abortion
  • A health care practitioner’s role in screening and responding to the needs of people subjected to reproductive coercion with a specific focus on contraceptive counselling and abortion access
  • Practitioner resources available

Working with clients with intellectual, learning or cognitive disabilities

PRESENTED BY: Leona Berrie

This webinar summarises the intersections between disability and gendered violence. It highlights:

  • Identification when disability may be an issue impacting on your work with clients;
  • Common communication issues and some suggested strategies to minimise/ mitigate these issues;
  • Supported decision making;
  • Considerations for improving accessibility for your organisation and your practice (hint: it’s not just about ramps and lifts).

Coercive Control, Invisible Victims?

PRESENTED BY: Mark Walters

In this one hour webinar, experienced domestic violence practitioner and QCDFVR Educator, Mark Walters, discusses the concept of coercive control, a powerful and oppressive form of domestic violence for many in our communities. Mark’s presentation covers:

  • How framing their violence as an incident is a strategic intention of men who use violence and contrary to what women who experience their violence say.
  • How other men can describe their patterns of control in a righteous or disciplinary sense and suggest that they are “managing” everything for the family’s benefit.
  • How, regardless of how it is framed, when we work with men who use coercive violence, we need to understand and respond to violence as the women who experience it describe it.
  • What the research is discovering about patterns of coercive control, how to think about it in a practical context for those who work one to one, either briefly or over time, with controlling men and leave you with a deeper understanding of the intention and planning required to control using coercion.

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