Breaking the Cycle of Intergenerational Trauma – Breaking the Cycle of Gender Based Violence

Conference : End all Violence against Women and Girls (VAWG) 2024

Presentation : The Impact of Non-Physical Violence – Psychological Violence inc. Coercive Control.

Judith Carmody (2024)

Judy Congratulations on your endorsement International Human Rights Commission SMM IHRC. The Women's History Month endorsement supports women in leadership positions to provide adequate information for Women to gain skills that would help them be independent. It serves as a way of eradicating poverty in the community because when you train a woman you train a nation.

Looking forward to the great work you will accomplish in your community.

You will feature in our Magazine featuring 50 Global Women to Reckon With published by Lulu Press, Inc., as well as, endorsing women owned businesses and initiatives.

Dr Yewande Okunoren-Oyekenu

International Human Rights Commission Ambassador in United Kingdom and Multi National Volunteers Coordinator Special Monitoring Mission International Human Rights Commission United Kingdom and North America Region

Looking forward to the great work you will accomplish in your community.

Dr Yewande Okunoren-Oyekenu 

International Human Rights Commission Ambassador in United Kingdom and Multi National Volunteers Coordinator Special Monitoring Mission International Human Rights Commission United Kingdom and North America Region yewande.okunoren-oyekenu51@law.ac.uk 

cc: Faria Farhana LLM 

Head of Endorsement Service

I joined End all Violence against Women & Girls Kerry Together Conference Partners (2024).  The members include  the Kerry Women Centre, NEWKD, the Gardai, Clare Haven Horizons, Safeguarding Ireland, and Kerry's Women’s Refuge Centre.

Kerry Together Conference Partners’ Mission is to create safety in our County and envision that this will extend to all counties in Ireland.

"Kerry Together Conference Partners' theme is working together for the empowerment and rights of women and girls, and we are demanding increased support, awareness, and investments to end all violence against women and girls. The conference was a huge success. It was a community call to say to all those entrapped in gender-based violence, “you are not alone”.

Breaking the Cycle of Trauma – Breaking the Cycle of Gender Based Violence

Ending all violence against women and girls is everyone’s business. UN Women - is the United Nations entity dedicated to gender equality and the empowerment of women . A global champion for women and girls, UN Women was established to accelerate progress on meeting their needs worldwide.  The United Nations defines violence against women as "any act of gender-based violence that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual, or mental harm or suffering to women, including threats of such acts, coercion or arbitrary deprivation of liberty, whether occurring in public or in private life"

Purple Ribbon

Domestic Violence Awareness (DVA) is so much more than a purple ribbon. It is a message to your community members that you support and believe survivors. A purple ribbon on your lapel, a magnet on your car or fridge, or a Safe Homes, Safe Communities sign in your yard display a desire to create an environment where violence and abuse are no longer tolerated in your community. These symbols show that you are an advocate for change and a part of ending domestic violence and all gender based violence.

Conference Goals

Judith Carmody (2024)

A voice to say “You are not Alone”. A Community Led Approach to end VAWG. A visible preventative whole community approach.

Whole Government approach including all departments protection, policy and funding to support VAWG.

Recognise VAWG as a social, cultural, & systematic traumatic entrapment.

Identify the gaps in systemic barriers and access to support.

Hold the perpetrator(s) accountable. Identify the barriers in bringing the perpetrator(s) to justice. Respond with Crisis Intervention.

Access to equitable and dignifying systemic education, safety and justice responses.

Zero tolerance of domestic, sexual, psychological and gender based violence. Develop a broader community, policy and legal response

Increase awareness and understanding of all VAWG.

Break the Cycle-Circle of Abuse VAWG. - isolation, stigma, shame and silence

Trauma Informed Care Network to support women and girls entrapped in violence and abuse.

#Equality for women is crucial for a healthy society, impacting various areas such as poverty reduction, health, and education.

Judith holds a Master’s Degree (Hons) Leadership in Health & Wellbeing from the Technological University of the Shannon, Ireland. Her specialist area addresses the interface between  promoting wellbeing and preventing bullying. This concept examines how psychological abuse (inc. coercive control)  impacts a person's emotional, mental, physical, social health and how an individual's wellbeing may influence their experience of or response to bullying. Judith an Educator, Author, Researcher and Speaker.  Her books, Co-Bully No More and Unwrap the Gift of YOU are based on her lived experience, experiential knowledge and evidenced based research. Judith penned her exceptional book, Co-Bully No More upon which she based her powerful presentation THE POWER OF YOU to a standing ovation at Professional Woman Network International Conference 2018, Kentucky, USA. She gave an equally impactful presentation at Kerry’s first Health & Wellbeing Week 2018. In June 2019 she presented The Bystander(s) at the World Anti- Bullying Forum, Dublin.  Before Judith began her journey as a Leader in Health and Wellbeing she had a successful career as a CPA, (Certified Public Accountant) that spanned nearly three decades. 

References

United Nations: Facts and figures: Ending violence against women and girls