Haven Horizons

Get an overview suitable for a complete newcomer to the topic, or dive into the research, data and policy. Find the full list of books on our website. (3/3)

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These books discuss many types of abuse - physical, emotional, economic, sexual, image-based & more. They also cover specific issues like the intersection of mental health, trauma, addiction, & domestic abuse, and how abuse can present in different age or minority groups. (2/3)

Looking for some summer reading? Try one of the 75 DSGBV books we've donated to libraries across Ireland & NI, including TUS and Women's Aid Fed NI.

Read about coercive control - how to recognise the warning signs, how to navigate the legal system or how to reform it. (1/3)

There is support available:
National LGBT+ Helpline: 1800 929 539
Women's Aid 24 hour helpline: 1800 341 900
Men's Development Network Male Advice Line: 1800 816 588 (6/6)

There can also be barriers to disclosing the abuse, seeking help, or leaving their abusive relationship. As we come to the end of pride month, we should be aware of the difficulties many LGBT people face. (5/6)

Such as the threat of outing, saying a "real" LGBT person would act as the perpetrator wants, invalidating your gender identity or expression, or claiming women cannot abuse women / men cannot abuse men. (4/6)

The Duluth Power and Control Wheel, a model for categorising the tactics of domestic abuse, has developed an LGBT wheel. In addition to the tactics of abuse used in straight relationships, there are specific tactics unique to LGBT relationships... (3/6)

40% of females and 35.2% of males in LGBT relationships experience domestic abuse (Donovan et al, 2014).
Transgender people are 1.7 times more likely to experience intimate partner violence than cisgender people (Peitzmeier et al, 2020)
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“Societal prejudices against LGBT people make those who are victims of Coercive Control vulnerable in additional ways” Lisa Aronson-Fontes, Invisible Chains

This #PrideMonth, it’s important to acknowledge that LGBT people can also experience coercively controlling behaviour / domestic abuse in their intimate relationships - a thread (1/6)

Research indicates high levels of domestic abuse and intimate partner violence in LGBT relationships:

Did you know: Haven Horizons is on seven popular platforms?

Join us in learning about how to identify coercive control, eliminate domestic abuse supportive behaviour, and end domestic, sexual, and gender based violence (DSGBV).

Links to each platform in our bio.

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Róisín Shanahan (SETU) and Madeline Mc Aleer (Haven Horizons) presented at the Equitas Conference in Maynooth last week to discuss our work in confronting Sexual Violence, Harassment, and Domestic, Sexual, & Gender Based Violence (DSGBV) at third level (2/2)

L to R: Madeline Mc Aleer (Haven Horizons), Róisín Shanahan and Ciara Byrne (SETU), standing in front of poster discussing the impact of the collaborative partnership between SETU and Haven Horizons

L to R: Madeline Mc Aleer (Haven Horizons), Róisín Shanahan and Ciara Byrne (SETU), standing in front of slides discussing the impact of the collaborative partnership between SETU and Haven Horizons

Two years after first training one member of SETU staff, Haven Horizons are now actively collaborating with the university and have provided workshops for nearly 100 staff in understanding coercive control and domestic abuse, detecting red flags, and supporting disclosures. (1/2)

This session is hosted on Teams as part of the ‘Lunch & Learn’ series on our Virtual Community of Practice. The platform was created to facilitate sharing of information, networking, & collaboration in the area of DSGBV.

DM us for more info on the vCoP, or for a link to our book club. (3/3)

The book is an accessible deep dive into the lived experience of physical, financial, and psychological abuse, and how children can be both vulnerable to and weaponised by an abusive partner. (2/3)

This Thursday, our book club is discussing 'Brutally Honest' by former Spice Girl and coercive control survivor Mel B, one of our ‘Five Books That Could Save Your Life.’ (1/3)

'Five Books That Could Save Your Life' webinar with authors Prof Jane Monckton-Smith, Prof Kate Fitz-Gibbon, Prof Sandra Walklate, Dr Lisa Aronson Fontes and Luke Hart discuss their books.

The project will continue on 16 October 1-2:30pm, in the Atrium, Dept of Justice, Dublin - booking information to come.

The project will conclude in November, with a webinar featuring some of the authors: bit.ly/3Z9A6yr

We believe public awareness is crucial to challenge domestic abuse supportive attitudes and behaviours. With the help of Reclaim The Agenda (@reclaimtheagenda.bsky.social) and Belfast & Lisburn Women's Aid, we have brought this discussion on an all-island tour.

Thank you to all who joined us at 'Five Books That Could Save Your Life' at the Seamus Heaney Centre, Queens University Belfast, last night.

This project was designed to start an all-island conversation on DSGBV and coercive control. (1/3)

Five Books That Could Save Your Life Please join us as we discuss five life-changing books that could literally save your life, examining the impact of coercive control.

Last chance: join us on Wednesday, 6-8pm, at the Seamus Heaney Centre QUB for 'Five Books That Could Save Your Life'.

Our panel will examine the destructive impact of coercive control through five key DSGBV books.

Book now: bit.ly/3GTP7xT

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Five Books That Could Save Your Life Please join us as we discuss five life-changing books that could literally save your life, examining the impact of coercive control.

There are still spaces available to join us on 11 June at the Seamus Heaney Centre, QUB. Book here: bit.ly/3GTP7xT

Or follow us for further information on other upcoming 'Five Books That Could Save Your Life' events (3/3)

We have had great feedback from our first two 'Five Books That Could Save Your Life' events. Our panel sparked discussion on the hidden nature and destructive impact of coercive control.

We want to change the all-island conversation on domestic abuse and coercive control. (2/3)

If you couldn't make it to our event at the Women's Aid Belfast & Lisburn Anniversary Conference last week, join us at the Seamus Heaney Centre, Queens University Belfast on 11 June 6-8pm organised by @reclaimtheagenda.bsky.social (1/3)

11 Jun, 6-8pm – Seamus Heaney Centre, Queens University Belfast
16 Oct, 1:15-2:15pm – Atrium, Department of Justice Building, Dublin
20 Nov, 1-2pm – Webinar with the authors
Learn more: havenhorizons.com/5-books-that...

We’re going to finish the live tweets here, as we move to the Q&A session. If you were unable to join us in the Titanic Museum today, the ‘Five Books That Will Save Your Life’ tour will continue: (1/2)

Noelle: ‘An ex-partner leaving flowers on the doorstep can be dismissed by friends or professionals, even if there is a barring order in place. However, this type of action is often intended to intimidate the victim and to send a message that their abuser can still reach them.’

their experience of coercive control and how their father killing their mother and sister seemed to come out of the blue. They tell us: “Do not interpret a lack of physical violence to mean that you are safe. It could well mean the opposite” (2/2)

Madeline: ‘Coercive Control is a pattern of behaviours in a relationship you don’t always recognise at the beginning. It does not always include physical violence.’
This is something echoed by the Hart brothers in their book, ‘Remembered Forever’, a memoir about (1/2)

Awareness and training are needed across all sectors, but especially for the media.’ (2/2)

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Danielle: ‘There’s a common trope often used in media reporting that domestic homicide is a crime of passion. This is fundamentally untrue and means many people do not recognise the danger posed to them by patterns of controlling behaviour. (1/2)

Self-assessment tools like those provided in ‘Invisible Chains’ are useful for showing those experiencing coercively controlling behaviour that what they are going through is abuse, and a crime.