Empowering Families to face Domestic Violence
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Lucia Cavalcanti de Albuquerque Williams
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Empowering Families to face Domestic Violence. Lucia Cavalcanti de Albuquerque Williams. The goal of this presentation is to report LAPREV's Domestic Violence Experience in the city of São Carlos, Brazil. Department of Psychology. Since 1998. www.ufscar.br/laprev. LAPREV. Research Teaching - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Transcript of Empowering Families to face Domestic Violence
Lucia Cavalcanti de Albuquerque Williams
The goal of this presentation is to report LAPREV's Domestic Violence Experience in the city of São Carlos, Brazil
DepartmentDepartmentof Psychologyof Psychology
Since 1998Since 1998
www.ufscar.br/laprev
LAPREVLAPREV
ResearchResearchTeachingTeachingConsultationConsultationInterventionInterventionPreventionPrevention
Women’s Police Station/ Health-School UnitWomen’s Police Station/ Health-School Unit
Child Protection Agency OfficeChild Protection Agency Office
Gravelina Lemes Gravelina Lemes ShelterShelter
São Carlos
Why did we do it?Professional and Personal Reason - Violence against women is a serious public
health concern in the world and particularly in Brazil
1997-2005
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IPV Femicide
Extrafamilial Femicide
Intrafamilial (Non IPV)
What do we look for?A health intervention approach based in
gender equality to teach women to gain control over their lives and free themselves from violence symptoms
Teach men conflict resolution skills based in Human Rights
Prevent children from becoming aggressive or overly passive
How did we do it?
It all started in 1998 at the local Women's Police Station
No other services for supporting
such women then
Implementation Process – first phase (1998)
Partnership with the municipality of São Carlos (Secretary of Citizenship and Social Assistance):
Bus passes (most women are poor, Afro-Brazilian women are over-represented), many migrant women from Brazil's Northern States
20 % of the São Carlos population is Afro-Brazilian
Initial hotel support for women in danger
Implementation – phase 2 (2001)• Inauguration of Gravelina T. Lemes shelter
for women at risk of fatal violence and children
• How it was possible: Partnership + advocacy Reason for the shelter name: Lessons from
Gravelina
Phase 3: Health-School Unit (USE) - 2006
• Insertion of work with women & men in the Health System• Opportunity for Inter- disciplinary work
It has a home replica lab!
Observation room adjacent the house
Intervention with childrenStill at LAPREV's office at CPS agency
I International Meeting on Child Sexual Abuse (USE partnership with city's Health Department, ISPCAN & others), 2007
600 professionals for 3 days
Book in press as a result
Example of one Intervention Program: Project Parceria
Project Parceria has 2 units:
1) A Psychotherapeutic one (8 sessions) aimed at analyzing the impact that violence may have had in the participant's lives and empower them to change.
2) An Educational unit (8 sessions) to teach mothering skills
What did we achieve? ResultsOver the years we have worked with
about 800 people, 60 at USEGood feedback from clients, students and
the communityEvidence Based Practice resulting in
many publications – www.ufscar.br/laprevQuality and quantitative dadaFirst publication in a Brazilian journal re
intervention with batterer (Padovani & Williams, 2002).
Individual case study with batterer
(Padovani & Williams, 2002)
Group Intervention with Men (Cortez, Padovani & Williams, 2005)
Conflict Tactic Scale Scores over the months
How did we sustain it?Community outreach
from a Public University
Partnership with the city – 2 special mayors
Research GrantsProject Parceria:Free booklets: A life
free of violence & Raising your child in a Positive way
Some of the lessons learnedPrevention is the keyMale intervention is a priority!Recent developments:
School which protects – Ministry of Education
Working with Adolescent parentsWorking with incarcerated women & their
children
Thank you!!!
