COVER – EFRJ From Survivors To Survivors

Testimonies on Restorative Justice and Sexual Violence

Launch event of the new EFRJ publication 
"From Survivors to Survivors: Conversations on restorative justice in cases of sexual violence" 

Online, 25th of November 2024 / 4-5:30 pm CEST

In the past years, some members of the EFRJ Working Group on Gender-Based Violence worked on an unique project. They collected testimonies of people that experienced sexual violence and were offered, and sometimes even participated in, a restorative justice programme. 

These eight stories have been published in "From Survivors to Survivors: Conversations on restorative justice in cases of sexual violence" (2023) in an interview format, to give a voice to the protagonists and their lived experiences of restorative justice.

The contributions reflect a wide range of offences, such as sexual assault by a person known to the victim/survivor, sexual assault/rape by a stranger, inter-familial abuse perpetrated by male family members (i.e.brother, father, step-father and a grandfather), and stalking. Despite their complexity and serious harm, each story shares a lot of wisdom in the authors’ search for justice, support and empowerment.

Most of the testimonies included in this publication are from women, which reflects international statistics on sexual offences. For this reason, we chose 25 November (International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women) as the day to organise the launch event of this publication. 

The editors, as well as some of the authors and other invited guests, will present the publication, its challenges and opportunities, and reflect on the next steps forward to advance the use of restorative justice in complex and serious cases such as sexual violence.

Another relevant webinar is organised the week before on domestic violence and restorative justice: more info & registrations here.

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The 90-min webinar will start at 16:00 CET (Brussels time). To adapt the hours to your own time zone, you can use this tool.

COVER – EFRJ From Survivors To Survivors

Guest speakers

The webinar will include the editors of this publication as well as some of the authors who accepted the invitation and other invited guests. Among others:

  • Emanuela Biffi, European Forum for Restorative Justice, Belgium
  • Gael Cochrane, Learning Development and Innovation Lead at Community Justice Scotland, United Kingdom
  • Linda Millington, Former Deputy Director at Why me? and Restorative Justice practitioner, United Kingdom
  • Estelle Zinsstag, Lecturer in criminology at Edinburgh Napier University, United Kingdom and Associate Researcher at KU Leuven Institute of Criminology, Belgium
  • Ailbhe Griffith, restorative justice advocate, Ireland [see conversation 7]
  • Genovefa, France [see conversation 4]

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This is a free event, but registration is compulsory. Click on “subscribe” to register.

The webinar will be hosted on the Zoom platform. Registered participants will receive the Zoom link prior to the event.

To avoid any unexpected technical difficulties you may run this Zoom test in advance. If needed, find here the link to download the Zoom application on your computer or mobile phone.

The 90-min webinar will start at 16:00 CET (Brussels time). To adapt the hours to your own time zone you can use this tool.

Photo credits: art installation of red shoes by artist Elina Chauvet (Mexico).

Why the red shoes? In 2009, Mexican visual artist Elina Chauvet staged her first art installation of red shoes in which she denounced violence against women, femicide, domestic and sexualized violence. This installation inspired activists and survivors around the world in collective actions, wearing and sharing photographs of their red shoes. Chauvet took action after the death of her sister, murdered by her husband. The red colour represents blood and love, according to the artist. Virtual red shoes exhibitions can be retrieved on social media with #ZapatosRojos #RedShoes