Conference "Helping victims of violence against women: THE WAY FORWARD?"

25 November  2015

Riigikogu Conference Hall (Lossi plats 1a, Tallinn)

Organized by the Estonian Women’s Shelters Union in cooperation with the Constitutional Committee of the Riigikogu, the Parliamentary Group on Preventing Intimate Partner Violence and Supporting the Victim,  and the Estonian Association of Women’s Associations Roundtable (ENÜ).

Moderator Sass Henno

Programme

9.30-10.00      Registration of participants, welcome coffee

10.00-10.30    Welcome and greetings

Kalle Laanet, Chair of the Constitutional Committee of the Riigikogu

Jevgeni Ossinovski, Minister of Health and Labour

Dagfinn Sørli, Norwegian Ambassador to Estonia

Eha Reitelmann, Chair of the Estonian Women’s Shelters Union

10.30-  12.00   Session 1:  How can we  protect victims of intimate partner violence?

The need for and purpose of criminal proceedings in cases involving intimate partner violence

Lavly Perling, Prosecutor General

                        Is it the victim who must leave the home?

                            Priit Heinsoo, Director of Police and Border Guard College

12.00-12.15    Coffee break             

12.15-14.15    Session 2:  What do victims of violence need most?

                        What sort of assistance is needed by victims of violence against women?

                        Solveig Bergman and Anna Birgitte Mørck, Experts from Norway, NKVTS

Do women experiencing violence get the necessary help in Estonia?

Findings of a survey examining satisfaction with women’s shelters’ services

                        Kadri Soo, Lecturer of the University of Tartu

Address the Parliamentary Group on Preventing Intimate Partner Violence and Supporting the Victim

Let’s hear from women experiencing violence and experts (videos)

14.15-15.00    Lunch

15.00-16.00    Session 3:  Is protection of victims of violence against women necessary for

                          the state?

Liina Kersna, Chair of  the Parliamentary Group on Preventing Intimate Partner Violence and Supporting the Victim

Andres Anvelt, Member of the Riigikogu

Margus Tsahkna, Minister of Social Protection

Urmas Reinsalu, Minister of Justice

16.00-16.10    Handing over the White Ribbon Award by the Estonian Women’s Associations

                          Roundtable

16.10-16.30    Closing of the conference