Gender Based Violence - 16 days of action: free training sessions and useful resources
- Oct 31
- 3 min read
Angela Voulgari, Equally Safe Edinburgh Committee Lead Officer shares the programme of events in Edinburgh for 2025's 16 Days campaign, alongside a range of other resources and training opportunities. 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence is an annual international campaign that begins on 25 November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, and runs until 10 December, Human Rights Day.
Edinburgh Programme of Events
The Equally Safe Edinburgh Committee share a range of events and activities happening in Edinburgh. These are also advertised on the City of Edinburgh Council website at this link: https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/sixteendaysofactivism.
With the exception of the Bookbug sessions, all events will be in webinar format and they will take place over MS Teams with online sessions including:
Wednesday 26th November
9.30-11am
Wednesday 3rd December
10am-11.30am
Monday 8th December
9.30am- 12.30pm
Wednesday 10th December
9.30am-12.30pm
Find the full programme and further information about all the sessions in the below booklet. Note that City of Edinburgh Council employees should follow the relevant instructions in the booklet for booking onto the sessions with the sign up link for other professionals above.
The Improvement Service is supporting the campaign in Scotland and they have published links to the toolkit alongside a calendar of event taking place across the country and online. Find all of this on their website at 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence.
Events taking place online include:
Spotlight Webinar: Tackling Economic Abuse in Scotland
Wednesday 26 November
10:00am -11:30am
Resources on Gender-Based Violence
Angela Voulgari, has shared with us various additional resources that may be useful for advice services in Edinburgh.
Contains information about what the committee do and can download relevant documents, including our membership and constitution.
A list of services in Edinburgh (and some beyond Edinburgh) that provide support and advice to anyone affected by gendered violence
An online forum which aims to develop practice in relation to violence against women in Edinburgh, including research, events, training and policies. It allows members to connect to each other and share information, learning and resources.
Training
Provides free training on trauma following sexual violence and abuse
This new Public Protection inter-agency learning platform includes domestic abuse training delivered by Edinburgh Women's Aid in partnership with City of Edinburgh Council.
Provides some training on commercial sexual exploitation (CSE) (including prostitution, trafficking etc.)
Has a range of pre-recorded training sessions and resources on women affected by CSE including women’s different needs, risks, safety planning, how to ask questions, how to handle disclosures, etc.
Shakti Women's Aid Can provide bespoke training on honour-based abuse, domestic abuse and women and children from ethnic minority backgrounds (fees apply)
The Equally Safe Committee in Edinburgh are in the process of developing further factsheets and resources and are looking for a focus group of advice and other practitioners to review the materials - if you are interested in taking part please contact Angela Voulgari at angela.voulgari@edinburgh.gov.uk
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