5 Days of Violence Prevention

1. 5 Days of Violence Prevention Expert Meeting 14th of May 2014 in Stockholm

2. Welcome! • Botkyrka Municipality • Change Attitude • Government Office of Sweden • Linköping University • Ministry of Education and Research • Region Västra Götaland competence center for Intimate Partner Violence • Save the Children • Solna AIK • Stockholm City • Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions • Swedish Green Party • The National Board of Health and Welfare • The Nordic Council of Ministers • The Swedish Crime Victim Compensation and Support Authority • The Swedish Inheritance Fund Commission • The Swedish National Agency for Education • The Swedish National Police Board • Union of Municipalities in Norrbotten

3. Personal reflektions

4. Personal reflektions

5. Four years of FFV-learning • Freedom from violence (FFV) a project of The Swedish Inheritance Fund Commission, owned by Men for Gender Equality 2010-2014 • Knowledge and best practice inventory from feminists and partners worldwide eg. MenEngage • Study visits to Boston, New Hampshire and Sioux city, USA • Research databases, scientific articles and reports from MenEngage, CDC and WHO

6. Three reports and conclusions

7. Experience of serious* violence as a child (0-18 years) NCK (2014) defines serious violence against children as being raped (or attempt to rape) and/or repeatedly being a victim of sexual violence and/or sometimes/often being hit with a fist, hurt with a weapon or similar, and/or often experienced physical violence and/or often experienced threat of physical violence and/or often humiliated, bullied or similar and/or repeatedly seen or heard violence between parents (p. 64)

8. Point of departure • Violence prevention is an urgent and prioritized global issue • We want to highlight the importance of violence prevention initiatives on all prevention levels • Departing from a youth and gender perspective within this field of work.

9. Purpose of meeting The purpose of the meeting is to initiate a dialogue focusing on the following three themes: • Why do young men use the majority of all violence?Sharing the current state of knowledge in the violence prevention field. • How can we prevent young men’s violence? Developing best practice and research based on current knowledge. • What future directions for our work is needed?Formulating creative ideas on how to deal with obstacles and use possibilities for strengthening our common work and creating a future without violence.

10. Theme 1 - Why do young men use the majority of all violence?

11. Theme 2 - How can we prevent young men’s violence?

12. Socio-ecological model Relationship Community Societal Individual

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15. Theme 3 - Which future directions are needed within our field of work?

16. Conclusions

17. Thank you!