Program
October 22, 23, 24, 2006
DOUBLETREE PLAZA HOTEL MONTREAL CENTRE-VILLE
 Simultaneous translation available for plenary and workshops marked ; all other sessions held in the language of the title of each individual conference.
Chairperson : Anne-Marie Dussault
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Registration |
| 13:30 |
Opening Remarks
Dominique Damant
Directrice du CRI-VIFF, École de service social, Université Laval, Québec, Canada
Elizabeth Harper
Directrice communautaire de Résovi, CRI-VIFF, Québec, Canada
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| 13:45 |
Keynote Address:
Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean
Governor General of Canada
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| 14:15 |
Message of Madame Athanasie Mukarwego |
| 14:30 |
Round Table :
Improving our Understanding of a Diverse Reality |
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Pamela J.A. Downe Department of Women's and Gender Studies, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatchewan, Canada
Holly JohnsonInstitute for Crime Prevention, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Monica SmitBureau of the Dutch National Rapporteur on Trafficking in Human Beings, Netherlands
Dominique Damant Directrice du CRI-VIFF, École de service social, Université Laval, Québec, Canada
Question Period
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| 17:30 |
Opening Cocktail |
| Monday, October 23, 2006 |
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN VARIOUS CONTEXTS
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| 7h30 |
Registration |
| 8:15 |
Session A >Details |
Workshop 1: | Violence Against Women: An Intersectional Approach | Workshop 2: | Violence, War and Genocide (Part I) | Workshop 3: | Childhood Victimization and Violence Later in Life | Workshop 4: | Sexual Abuse: Context and Survival | Workshop 5: | Trafficking of Women and Mail Order Brides | Workshop 6: | Violence Against Women: A Global Perspective (Part I) | Workshop 7: | Spousal Abuse Issues: Violent Men | Workshop 8: | Violence in Lesbian Relationships | Workshop 9: | Violence Against Native Women |
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Break |
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Session B >Details |
Workshop 1: | Violence Against Women: Related Factors | Workshop 2: | Spousal Abuse Issues: The Elderly | Workshop 3: | Violence, War and Genocide (Part II) | Workshop 4: | Mothering in the Context of Violence | Workshop 5: | Violence and At-Risk Environments | Workshop 6: | Poverty and Violence | Workshop 7: | Violence in the Workplace: An International Perspective | Workshop 8: | Violence Against Women: A Global Perspective (Part II) | Workshop 9: | Women’s use of Violence |
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Lunch |
| 13:00 |
Poster Session >Details |
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Session C >Details |
Workshop 1: | The Process of Getting Help : What Really Counts | Workshop 2: | Staying or leaving the spouse | Workshop 3: | Spousal Abuse Issues: Women with Disabilities | Workshop 4: | Situating Violence in Canadian Girls’ Lives: Acquiring Knowledge to Create Action and Change | Workshop 5: | Reporting Abuse: Decision Factors and Impact on Healing | Workshop 6: | Violence and Immigrant Women | Workshop 7: | Violence and Norms: An International Perspective | Workshop 8: | Workshop for the media on domestic violence |
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| 15:45 |
Break |
| 16:00 |
Forum:
A Common Problem, Diverse Situations
Discussions between international delegates
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| 18:15 |
Closing |
| Tuesday, October 24, 2006 |
SOCIAL RESPONSES TO VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
Are services adapted to diverse situations?
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| 7h30 |
Registration |
| 8:00 |
Session D >Details |
Workshop 1: | Violence and Social Policy | Workshop 2: | Spousal Abuse Issues: Child Custody | Workshop 3: | Assessing Risk in Situations of Violence | Workshop 4: | Violence in the Lives of Lesbian Women | Workshop 5: | Intervention Issues: Sexual Abuse (Part I) | Workshop 6: | Prevention Issues: Teen-Age Sexual Violence | Workshop 7: | Spousal Abuse Issues: Coercive Institutional Responses | Workshop 8: | Prevention Issues: Children’s Programs | Workshop 9: | The Judiciary: Strengths and Limitations (Part I) |
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Break |
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Session E >Details |
Workshop 1: | Screening for Violence Against Women | Workshop 2: | Intervention Issues: Spousal Abuse Against Mothers | Workshop 3: | Intervention Issues: Immigrant Women | Workshop 4: | Victims’ Perceptions of Services | Workshop 5: | The Justice System: Strengths and Limitations (Part II) | Workshop 6: | Coordinating our Responses to Violence | Workshop 7: | Prevention Issues: Violence and HIV/STDs – Leveraging Socioeconomic Empowerment |
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| 11:30 |
Lunch |
| 13:15 |
Session F >Details |
Workshop 1: | Prevention Issues: Violence and Intimate Relationships | Workshop 2: | Intervention Issues: Sexual Abuse (Part II) | Workshop 3: | Treating Abusive Spouses | Workshop 4: | Prostitution: Policies and Legislation | Workshop 5: | Intervention Issues: Understanding and Responding to the Needs of Cultural Communities | Workshop 6: | Shelters for women across the World | Workshop 7: | Attitudes to Violence and How They Influence Our Actions: A Historical Perspective | Workshop 8: | Intervention Issues: Religious Beliefs – Various Speakers |
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| 15:30 |
Break |
| 15:45 |
Round Table :
Interventions, Reflection, Solutions for the Future
Chairperson : Anne-Marie Dussault
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Mylène Bigaouette Conseillère en matière d'égalité entre les sexes, Oxfam-Québec/ Burkina Faso
Amarsanaa Darisuren Deputy Programme Manager, UNIFEM CEDAW South East Asia
Programme, Bangkok, Thailand
Romy Poletti Community Researcher, London Centre for Research on
Violence against Women and Children, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario
Oliver J. Williams Institute on Domestic Violence in the African
American Community, School of Social Work, University of Minnesota, Minnesota, USA
Période de questions
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| 17:30 |
Message of minister of families, seniors and the status of women
Carole Théberge |
| 17:35 |
Closing Remarks
Dominique Damant
Directrice du CRI-VIFF, École de service social, Université Laval, Québec, Canada
Bilan du Colloque international sur les violences faites aux femmes :
cinq conditions à réunir pour progresser [PDF]
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| 17:45 |
Closing |
| Wednesday, October 25, 2006 |
Private Round Table :
HER MAJESTY QUEEN SILVIA OF SWEDEN PARTICIPATED TO A ROUND-TABLE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN MONTREAL
After the International Conference Violence Against Women: Diversifying Social Responses, organized by the Interdisciplinary Research Centre on Family Violence and Violence Against Women (CRI-VIFF), Queen Silvia of Sweden, very concerned by this matter, participated in Montreal, last October 25th, to a round-table discussion on this subject as an integral part of the official programme for Her Majesty's State visit to Quebec and Canada.
This event, organized by Health Canada and the Public Health Agency of Canada, in collaboration with the Government of Quebec and the Interdisciplinary Research Centre on Family Violence and Violence Against Women (CRI-VIFF), provided the opportunity to discuss the respective approaches by experts on the subject, here and in Sweden, the goal of which is to reduce and ultimately eliminate violence against women and to improve women conditions around the world.
The experts invited to paticipate to this round-table are members of CRI VIFF, of other organizations working on this matter, as well as specialists from Sweden and from the Government of Quebec and the Government of Canada.
The International Conference Violence Against Women: Diversifying Social Responses, held in Montreal from October 22nd to 24th, 2006, brought together researchers, practitioners, policy makers and students from different disciplines coming from forty countries. Close to two hundred presentations dealt with the following topics: Violence against women in different social contexts and living conditions; Social responses to violence against women; Major debates and issues regarding the social responses that have been developed in different countries to address violence against women.
The Interdisciplinary Research Centre on Family Violence and Violence Against Women (CRI-VIFF) groups researchers mainly from Université de Montréal and Université Laval, as well as the Association québécoise d’établissements de santé et de services sociaux (AQESSS, the Quebec association of health and social services organizations), and Relais-femmes. All CRI-VIFF research activities are conceived and conducted in close collaboration between researchers and practitioners.
After de round-table, Queen Silvia was invited to lunch by Minister Carole Théberge, Quebec Departement de la Famille, des Aînés et de la Condition féminine, along with some lecturers present at the International Conference.
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