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Forced Marriage Awareness & Good Practice

Forced Marriage Awareness & Good Practice Training

Course overview:

• What is a Forced Marriage?
• Exploring the concept of Honour & understanding Honour-Based Violence
• What are the motivations of honour-based abuse and forced marriage?
• Survivors Story & Case study analysis
• Understanding the barriers and consequences to fleeing Forced Marriage
• Identifying risk indicators
• Understanding the role of the Forced Marriage Unit and Forced Marriage Legislation to support professional working with individuals affected by forced marriage, honour based violence and abuse.
• Risk awareness exercise and analysis
• Safety planning exercise and analysis
• Understanding best practice when working with individuals affected by forced marriage.

The cost per person per course is £75 to voluntary sector agencies; £85 for statutory agencies and £120 for private sector services.

To book please contact janicef@leedswomensaid.org.uk

Course Feedback

Some feedback from previous courses: “Brilliant course with facilitators with a wealth of knowledge and experience.” “Fantastic course, informative, thought-provoking, makes you think outside the box. Content handled/delivered professionally and sensitively.” “A very hard subject to train however the two trainers were great in delivering the course and the pace was excellent. Keep up the good work.” “Mixture of facilitation techniques kept me engaged. Lots of tools for us to utilise in our work rather than just increasing knowledge.” “Very good day, did not feel like training, was very relaxed and enjoyed it, thank you.”