ABOUT THE CONFERENCE 2024
Decade of Change: Innovations, Challenges, and Future Directions in Ending Violence Against Women
This conference brings together experts, advocates, survivors, and changemakers to explore the progress made in combating violence against women over the past decade and chart the course for future action.
Highlights include:
- Pre-conference training on Artificial Intelligence in addressing violence and managing Vicarious Trauma
- Engaging plenaries on advocacy progress, faith-based responses, financial empowerment, digital-age violence, and legal frameworks
- Interactive workshops on youth empowerment, communication skills, prevention programs, and healing
- Panel discussions on global policy reforms and social entrepreneurship
- Rapid showcase of innovative projects by service providers
- Special presentation featuring survivors’ stories of change
- Community outreach activities including food packs distribution, winter care, and tree planting
Don’t miss the opening dinner at the picturesque Bon Accord House, featuring a special presentation on “Stories of Change: Voices from Survivors Over the Decade.“
Whether you’re a professional in the field, an advocate, a researcher, or someone passionate about ending violence against women, this conference offers invaluable insights, networking opportunities, and actionable strategies.
Join us in Aberdeen as we reflect on a decade of change and work together to create a safer future for women worldwide.
| # | Session | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Artificial Intelligence: A New Frontier in Addressing Violence Against Women | 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM |
| 2 | VICARIOUS TRAUMA | 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM |
| 3 | Opening Dinner | 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM |
Join us for the International Conference on Violence Against Women (ICOVAW) 2024, a transformative three-day event focusing on “Decade of Change: Innovations, Challenges, and Future Directions in Ending Violence Against Women.”
Date: October 31 – November 2nd, 2024 Location: Aberdeen, Scotland
This conference brings together experts, advocates, survivors, and changemakers to explore the progress made in combating violence against women over the past decade and chart the course for future action.
Artificial Intelligence: A New Frontier in Addressing Violence Against Women
9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
In recent years, Artificial Intelligence (AI) has emerged as a powerful tool with the potential to revolutionize how society addresses violence against women. By leveraging advanced technologies like machine learning, natural language processing, and predictive analytics, AI offers new opportunities to identify, prevent, and respond to incidents of violence more effectively. From enhancing law enforcement capabilities to improving victim support services, AI has the potential to reshape the landscape of violence prevention and intervention. This traimning aims to explore the role of AI as a new frontier in addressing violence against women, examining both its potential benefits and the challenges it presents. By analyzing current AI-driven tools and applications, assessing their impact on victim support services, and considering ethical and policy implications, this paper seeks to provide a comprehensive overview of how AI can be harnessed responsibly to combat this critical issue.
VICARIOUS TRAUMA
9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Helpers regularly encounter stories and symptoms of trauma in their roles. There is growing evidence that the impact of directly supporting others through experiences of trauma goes beyond burnout or fatigue. The toll of witnessing intense human experiences and emotions can contribute to a negative transformation of a helper’s own sense of safety, and of being competent and purposeful. This training will provide participants with the opportunity to examine their own experiences and become aware of the signs of both vicarious trauma and vicarious growth.
Opening Dinner
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
| # | Session | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Breakfast | 8:30 AM - 9:00 AM |
| 2 | Plenary 1: A Decade of Advocacy | 9:15 AM - 9:40 AM |
| 3 | Plenary 2: Faith's Response to Domestic Violence: | 9:40 AM - 10:10 AM |
| 4 | TEA BREAK | 10:10 AM - 10:20 AM |
| 5 | Plenary 3: Empowering Survivors | 10:20 AM - 11:00 AM |
| 6 | PRESENTATION | 11:10 AM - 12:00 PM |
| 7 | Plenary 4: Legal Frameworks and Survivor Justice | 12:00 PM - 12:40 PM |
| 8 | LUNCH | 12:40 PM - 1:20 PM |
| 9 | AFTERNOON SESSION | 1:20 PM - 1:40 PM |
| 10 | PLENARY 5: Social Entrepreneurship | 1:50 PM - 2:30 PM |
| 11 | BREAK OUT SESSION | 2:30 PM - 3:00 PM |
| 12 | Feedbacks and Closing | 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM |
8:30 AM – 9:00 AM
Breakfast
9:15 AM – 9:40 AM
Plenary 1
A Decade of Advocacy: Progress and Setbacks in Combating Violence Against Women
9:40 AM – 10:10 AM
Plenary 2
Faith’s Response to Domestic Violence: Building a Safe and Compassionate Community
10:10 AM – 10:20 AM
TEA BREAK
10:20 AM – 11:00 AM
Plenary 3
Empowering Survivors: Building Financial Resilience for Victims of Domestic Abuse
11:10 AM – 12:00 PM
PRESENTATION
Understanding and Responding to New Forms of Violence in the Digital Age
12:00 PM – 12:40 PM
Plenary 4
Legal Frameworks and Survivor Justice: Challenges and Solutions
12:40 PM – 1:20 PM
LUNCH
Rapid Showcase Session: Service providers share innovative projects or successful interventions.
1:20 PM – 1:40 PM
AFTERNOON SESSION
AFTERNOON SESSION 1:20pm Panel Discussion 10 Years of Global Policy and Legal Reforms: Successes and Gaps”
1:50 PM – 2:30 PM
PLENARY 5
Social Entrepreneurship: Creating Impactful Startups with a Double Bottom Line
2:30 PM – 3:00 PM
BREAK OUT SESSION
Workshop 1: Next Generation: Empowering Young Leaders in the Fight Against Violence Workshop 2: “Effective Communication Skills for Service Providers” Workshop 3:Developing Community-Based Prevention Programs Workshops 4 Why Do I Feel So Broken and Lost? Navigating Grief and Loss with our Clients for Healing
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3:00 PM – 3:30 PM
Feedbacks and Closing
| # | Session | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Community Outreach | 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM |
| 2 | Special 10th yrs Anniversary Celebration | 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM |
8:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Community Outreach
Food Bank, Winter Care
11:30 AM – 1:30 PM