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WHAT IDEAS TO YOU HAVE ABOUT A MEETING? WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE TWO AND A HALF DO?
posted by Tay @ Friday, October 06, 2006
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How to stay away from myspace.com would be a good meeting topic!
I assume meetings with the community about prevention and education about sexual assault?
First of all it would be good to have run forums about sexual assult with lots of support organisation representatives, ie from government agencies, non-profit agencies and key stakeholders as well as inviting members of the public. There is a site here that has some information on how these meetings should be conducted: www.nyscasa.org/Chapter 11 PDF.pdf
http://www.techfoundation.org/index.cfm?...
doh.wa.gov/PHIP/.../Prevention & Promotion/PP 3.5.2/SexualAssault.pdf
www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ovc/fund/pdf...
http://www.musc.edu/vawprevention/resear...
Work of the section includes:
Implementation of strategies to support and work with government agencies to inform policy and practice on women's status and leadership.
Continuation of implementation of two budget measures : Women's National Leadership Initiative and National Women's Development Programme .
Work with women's organisations to strengthen and support the role of the sector in identifying issues of interest to women and maximise constructive input to policy solutions.
what i would like to see two and half do is a meeting on how males and females deal with sexual assault. also i would like to see two and a half have like a speak out or poetry night about sexual assault.
Ones that focus on moving on with your life. I don't ever want to leave my home again. I am constantly making sure that the security alarm is on and that all windows and doors are locked. When I do leave my home I am constantly looking over my shoulder. I want to learn how I can go on without living in fear. Right now I'm not seeing a light at the end of the tunnel. Right now I want to curl up in a ball and let the world pass me by.
I guess something that can be discussed in one of the meetings is how sexual assualt affects someone who has never experienced it? when a close friend or relative goes through this event how are you affected if you are and why? or when it happens in your neighbourhood or on your college campus
I would set up a safe way home program, like many communities have to prevent drunk driving. I know i've been in a few uncomfortable positions that I tolerated because I didn't have cab fare to get away. I think education is also very important. Everyone needs to know the laws and how to get help iof they need it. I think sometimes we don't emphasize enough with kids the importance of sex being consensual as well as safe.
The old 'Raise your hand if you're a sexual predator' meeting usually will weed them out.
Self defense classes.
Karate, Jujitsu.
Many R aimed at defense by women against violent men.
Meeting with your local NRA or gun club will help to prevent sexual assault for sure.
I suppose it would be best to bring together a group of young women (and men?) to try and assess what direction to go in. Seems like there is a need around survival and getting over assualt, but also prevention and education, and also the bigger picture in terms of systemic change: why are women the collateral for war and patriarchial power structures for example? I feel there is still a need to look at response as well, why don't colleges, cops, press, respond in the way they should to the prevalence of sexual assualt? Sorry, I'm rambling...
For ppl not to be assaulted, a self-defense course. For offenders, counselling would help a lot to get to the root of their problem.
I have listened to everyone's comments but my question to you is should we really have to go as far as carrying guns to fill safe
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