Arctic women against men's violence : Arctic women conference in Lulea, Sweden.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

Arctic women conference, Corporate Author.

Conference Name:

Arctic women conference (2009 : Lulea, Sweden)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Abusive men--Arctic regions.

Abusive men.

Women--Abuse of--Arctic regions.

Women.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (97 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Copenhagen : Nordic Council of Ministers, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This report presents an Arctic women conference "Arctic women against men's violence", held in Luleê, Sweden in 2009, carried out by the County Organization Women's Shelters in Norrbotten. The aim was to make active the network between shelters and crises centres within the Barents region and in Iceland, Faeroe Islands and Greenland, and also develop continuous cooperation. The focus was on the situation for women and children who are subjected to men's violence, and also the work in shelters and crises centres. The conference gathered women from shelters and crises centres in the Arctic. Everybody has the work against men's violence against women in common. There is a need to meet and cooperate in this field, to strengthen and empower the women in their work. There was an expression for continuous network and cooperation, and a new Arctic women conference was set out to be held in 2011.

Contents:

""Content""; ""Foreword""; ""Summary""; ""1. Introduction""; ""2. Aims and targets""; ""3. Implementation""; ""4. Media""; ""5. Results and experiences""; ""6. The future""; ""7. Conclusion""; ""Appendix 1""; ""Appendix 2""; ""Appendix 3""; ""Appendix 4""; ""Appendix 5""; ""Appendix 6""; ""Appendix 7""; ""Appendix 8""; ""Appendix 9""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

OCLC:

923312756