Afrah QassimCommunity Development Worker

Inclusion Matters Liverpool &

Chair/Cofounder of Savera

DRE: (Delivering Race Equalities) BME: (Black and Minority Ethnic) MAMER: (Black Minority Ethnic & Refugees) FGM: ( Female Genital Mutilation) VAWG: (Violence against women & Girls) HBV: (Honour Based Violence) FM: (Forced Marriage) FMU: (Forced Marriage Unit LSCB: (Local/Liverpool Safeguarding Board) DA: ( Domestic Abuse) CPS: (Crown prosecution Service) LWH: ( Liverpool Women Hosptial

Implementation of Delivering Race Equality (DRE) in Mental Health Care

The DRE is an action plan which provides a structure for tackling race inequalities in provision of mental health services for Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) Communities to:

Access to mental health servicesExperience of mental health services Outcomes from mental health services

Over 60 million girls world wide married before

18

Over 60 million girls world wide married before

18

120 million girls victims of

Sexual violence

125 million girls have been

subjected to FGM

Every year 5,000 women murdered by relatives to

protect family “honour”

Over 30 Million girls are out of

school

Over 30 Million girls are out of

school

Estimated 1.2 million

women were victim of DA

Over 20.000 girls under 15 yrs could

be at risk of FGM and nearly 66.000

women living with FGM

Estimated 70.000 women were victim of rape and over

330.000 women victims of a

sexual assault

Ove 1,300 get reported to

FMU every year

2,823 incidents of

HBV in 2011

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The United Nation defined it:‘Any act of gender-based violence that results in, or

is likely to result in, physical, sexual or psychological harm or suffering to women, including threats of such acts, coercion or arbitrary deprivation of liberty, whether occurring in public or in private life.’ (The United Nation)

The UK Government defines domestic violence as:

'Any incident or pattern of incidents of controlling, coercive or threatening behaviour, violence or abuse between those aged 16 or over who are or have been intimate partners or family members regardless of gender or sexuality.

This can encompass, but is not limited to, the following types of abuse:

psychological physical sexual financial emotional

“Too many women in too many countries speak the same language of

Silence”

(Anasuya Sengupta 1995)

BUT……Violence/abuse could take a different form within BME families e.g

Forced Marriage Honour Based ViolenceFemale Genital MutilationCulture/Religions and Beliefs used to control women Immigration control e.g (spouse, states) Preventing from integration e.g Not allowed to learn/work Financial abuse/control benefit Being Westernised

Culture & tradition:Cculture represents, the values, norms, and traditions that affect how individuals of a particular group perceive, think, interact, behave, and make judgments about their world

Religion: a beliefs that individuals practice & follow

FGMFGM

 http://www.desertflowerfoundation.org/

Language Stereotyping Unaware of their right/options Fear of accessing services: Due to 1. stigma 2. Brings shame to the family, 3. Don’t want the children to be taken away. Not aware of what is out their and how to access

Concerns/Challenges

Not certain of how big the problem of FGM in Liverpool, as there are no accurate monitoring or evaluation

Lack of understanding/training of the issue

Funding

Still not enough campaign in the North West

Nationally:

“Girls Summit” UK Government and UNICEF where a pledge made where

UK Government has made commitment to tackle FGM across the UKTo support countries with high provenance of FGM

Fund for community engagement initiatives and marketing campaign

The NSPCC FGM helpline (24 hours- 0800 028 3550)

The expectation of services to collect Data of the different type of FGM

Locally (Liverpool/Merseyside):

Awareness/Training and educations within services/communities/professionals/universities/ schools etc.

Specialist Clinic, Liverpool Women Hospital

Police, CPS and LWH working together to improve information sharing

Local strategy guidance set within LSCB Website, to support services when dealing with FGM cases.

Liverpool Local authority is now prioritising FGM as part of their VAWG strategy

Services Provision:Savera Liverpool: Dedicated to tackling domestic abuse within Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic and Refugee (BAMER) Communities and to the preservation and protection of the mental and physical health of women from these communities who are experiencing, or have experienced, domestic abuse,FM, HBV and FGM

Where is it?

Afrah Qassim (CDW)Email: a.qassim@nhs.net

SaveraEmail: saveraliverpool@hotmailal.co.uk

Website: www.saveraliverpool.co.uk