Workshop - Gender, Sexuality and Abuse...

GENDER, SEXUALITY AND ABUSE IN
SAME SEX RELATIONSHIPS


Workshop on Wednesday 14th May 2008
12.30 – 5.30
Verdon-Smith Room
Institute for Advanced Studies, Royal Fort House.
University of Bristol.

Introduced by:
Professor Marianne Hester, Chair in Gender, Violence and International Policy:
Violence Against Women Research Group, Bristol University.

Programme:

12.30 – 1.15 Lunch (provided)
1.15 – 1.30 Introduction and welcome
1.30 – 2.30 Professor Janice Ristock - Addressing Partner Violence in lesbian relationships: Challenges, Complexities and the Need for Intersectionality
2.30 – 3.30 Professor Marianne Hester – Domestic abuse in same-sex relationships: What’s gender got to do with it?
3.30 – 3.45 Coffee break
3.45 -4.15 Dr. Alison Parken (Senior Consultant) –Mainstreaming gender and sexuality: Theory, policy, and practice.
4.15 – 5.30 Questions and discussion

To reserve a place please contact: Melanie.turner(at)bristol.ac.uk
Places are funded by the Institute of Advanced Studies.
Delegates who fail to cancel or attend will be charged a
non-attendance fee of £25.00.