Women in NAPO Conference
| Author | Alyson Rees |
| Published date | 01 September 2000 |
| DOI | 10.1177/026455050004700311 |
| Date | 01 September 2000 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
mentioning the domestic violence in 48%
Women
in NAPO
of reports prepared. Many felt that CWOs
failed to take domestic violence seriously
Conference
and further criticised them for seeing
children in only about half of all cases.
Approximately 80 women attended this
Sixty percent of the children who were
one-day conference and many. including
seen were apparently interviewed for 30
myself, were helped by the fact that
minutes or less.
NAPO
provided childcare assistance. The
day began with a number of interesting
Continuing Abuse - Two-thirds of parents
speakers. Jill Evans, member of the
were further abused as a result of contact,
European Parliament, was particularly
while 76% of children previously
memorable in putting women’s issues into
physically abused by the violent parent,
a global context. We heard about women
were abused again during contact visits.
that she had met in the course of her work
There was no evidence that risk of harm to
who had suffered
the child
great prejudice and
or mother reduced over time if
oppression, including several women who
contact was allowed to continue. One-third
had had their hands cut off by local men
of parents were put at further risk as a
for being involved with women-only
result of lax safety procedures in court
initiatives. During this speech headphones
which allowed abusive partners to
were available and a
discover their
contemporaneous
new addresses.
translation from Welsh to English was
The authors acknowledge that the
given. This was the first time I had
study was limited by the fact that only
experienced this, despite living in Wales
the views of abused parents were gathered.
for many years. It clearly reinforced Welsh
It was beyond the remit of the study to
as being the language of Wales.
seek the views of the abusers, or to
For me, the spirit of the day was to
interview either the children or the
celebrate the unity of women and to
professionals involved.
appreciate how far we, as women in the
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