Jo Todd CBE
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CEO at Respect, mum to 3 teenage boys
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Jo Todd CBE
2 months ago
This includes the issue of child and adolescent to parent violence and abuse (CAPVA).The government needs to revisit & continue the work began by the previous administration, creating a clear definition to understand its prevalence & respond accordingly to the challenges faced by parents and carers.
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David Gadd
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www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Spot on. Come on Labour. Don't reproduce the shortcomings of your predecessors
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Influential women urge Labour to include asylum seekers in plan to tackle violence
Exclusive: Letter warns of βtwo-tierβ system if asylum seekers are excluded from promise to halve violence against women and girls
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/jul/20/influential-women-urge-inclusion-of-asylum-seekers-in-labour-plans-to-tackle-violence?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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5 months ago
Our CEO,
@jotodd.bsky.social
was one of the guest speakers at the recent EIDA conference - the team caught up with Jo to find out more about Respect's work and to gather her thoughts on what employers need to know about responding to perpetrators of DA. πΊ π
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULLh...
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How can we address perpetrators of domestic abuse? With Respect CEO, Jo Todd
YouTube video by The Employers' Initiative on Domestic Abuse
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULLhxzHmWuY
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Jo Todd CBE
5 months ago
We were delighted to welcome Danai Pagoni, with an update on the VAWG strategy followed by remarks & updates from
@jotodd.bsky.social
CEO at Respect and Janaya Walker, Head of Public Affairs at
@evawuk.bsky.social
. Thank to you to all our speakers, members and stakeholders for joining the session.π
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Rights of Women
6 months ago
π¨ We're hiring! Join Rights of Women as our new Management Accountant β a vital role in a women-only organisation championing justice and equality. π London-based | πΌ Part-time π Apply now:
www.rightsofwomen.org.uk/about-us/joi...
#CharityJobs
#FinanceJobs
#VAWG
#WomenInFinance
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Join our team - Rights of Women
https://www.rightsofwomen.org.uk/about-us/join-our-team/
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Rights of Women
6 months ago
Migrant victims of domestic abuse are being failed by UKVI's approach to counter-allegations. VAWG organisations call for reform. Read our joint briefing π
www.rightsofwomen.org.uk/vawg-organis...
#CoerciveControl
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Recognising coercive control in counter-allegations: VAWG organisations call for reform in UKVI assessments - Rights of Women
Rights of Women and Project Resist brought together VAWG organisations to examine how UKVIβs handling of counter-allegations is impacting migrant women victim-survivors of domestic abuse applying for ...
https://www.rightsofwomen.org.uk/vawg-organisations-call-for-reform-in-ukvi-assessments/?swcfpc=1
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6 months ago
"Lifting as we climb" Banner showing the motto of the most prominent organization of the African-American Women's Suffrage Movement, which formed in 1896
#WomensArt
#Monday
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Eleri
7 months ago
2000 women killed by men since 2009 in UK- 61% women killed by a current or former partner, 9% women killed by their sons, 6% by other family, 15% by other men they knew and 10% by men they didnβt know. When will menβs fatal violence against women end.
#femicide
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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More than 170 mothers killed by their sons in 15 years in UK, report reveals
Data analysing deaths of all 2,000 women killed by men since 2009 reveals hidden scourge of matricide
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/mar/05/more-than-170-mothers-killed-by-sons-15-years-uk-report
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It's not just words, we strive for this, get things wrong sometimes, learn and strive again to do better
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I'll be joining this - always keen to think bigger and learn from activists and big thinkers, especially from other parts of the world
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8 months ago
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Love this photography exhibition from Rainbow Sisters... and love all that
@4refugeewomen.bsky.social
do!
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8 months ago
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Reading NAO report & brilliant
@lexytopping.bsky.social
Discovered that "the Home Office underspent on its own VAWG budget by an average of 15% between 2021-22 and 2023-24". Utterly bewildering and rage-making when the whole VAWG sector is on its knees.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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βEpidemicβ of violence against women and girls in UK is getting worse β report
National Audit Office says government attempts to tackle misogynistic violence are hampered by poor coordination
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/jan/31/violence-against-women-girls-epidemic-uk?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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Important research, do take part if you have experienced or witnessed
#sexualmisconduct
and abuse by
#powerfulperpetrators
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9 months ago
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Jo Todd CBE
9 months ago
We were delighted to welcome Professor Nicole Westmarland, Sue Burke, Kate Bulman, and Kuljit Sandhu who shared their work alongside remarks from
@jotodd.bsky.social
about our plans to respond to the Spending Review. Thank to you to all our speakers, members and stakeholders for joining.
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Jo Todd CBE
9 months ago
We will be discussing whether domestic abuse perpetrators can really change their behaviour and understanding perpetrator programmes. We will be hearing from
@jessasatomp.bsky.social
, Respect CEO,
@jotodd.bsky.social
alongside other academics, and colleagues within the domestic abuse sector.
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Nicole Renehan
9 months ago
BBC News - Probation: 'Too few staff, with too little experience, managing too many offenders'
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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'Burned-out' probation officers fear ex-prisoners will reoffend
Probation officers say they were overworked even before thousands of prisoners were released early.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0kv6v68yldo
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So delighted to see former
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Research Manager
@thangamdebbonaire.bsky.social
is on her way to the House of Lords. Great to have an expert in working with perpetrators of domestic abuse (among so many other things) on the red benches π
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Jamie Klingler
10 months ago
As I discussed on Five Live this week- we are failing rape victims at every turn. 5 years of not being able to move on, not get privileged counselling. Not heal. Itβs torturing victims
www.theguardian.com/law/2024/dec...
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Rape trials collapse as victims abandon cases amid long court delays
Courts logjam in England and Wales contributes to doubling in five years of victims pulling out of prosecutions
https://www.theguardian.com/law/2024/dec/06/trials-collapse-as-victims-abandon-cases-amid-long-court-delays
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A few reflections on the PM's speech today. As always, it's deeds not words we really want!
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10 months ago
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Caroline Bernard
11 months ago
It's 25 November - UN International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women - if you want to understand the history I really recommend
#JuliaAlvarez
's fictionalised version of the story of the
##Mirabal
sisters ππΎ
#IDEVAW
#16DaysOfActivism
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Welcome Ms Neate, we've been expecting you π
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Jo Todd CBE
11 months ago
This doesn't happen often! We have a vacancy for a P/T (21 hrs) Researcher at the Femicide Census. We're looking for a feminist with strong research skills, the ability to deal with the emotional impact of the subject matter and the desire to make a difference to join our tiny but brilliant team.
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Bluesky feels like old twitter
#hardlydarehope
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Fiona Vera Gray
11 months ago
Fantastic opportunity here for anyone interested in pursing a
#PhD
in violence against women
#VAWG
. Fully funded PhD based at Nottingham Trent and working with the wonderful Juno Women's Aid
ufncollaboratory.ac.uk/volunteering...
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What are the benefits and challenges of volunteering for domestic violence and abuse (DVA) organisations for those with lived experience? - Co(l)laboratory
Co(l)laboratory 2025 PhD Project Download PDF Key Details Project Title: What are the benefits and challenges of volunteering for domestic violence and abuse (DVA) organisations for those with lived e...
https://ufncollaboratory.ac.uk/volunteering-for-domestic-violence-and-abuse-dva-organisations/
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First blue-sky post - on the way to the big smoke for our annual Board away day. Love seeing everyone in the flesh and working creatively together with a fantastic bunch of people.
@purnasen.bsky.social
@leepster.bsky.social
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