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1. LÄHISUHDEVÄKIVALLAN TIEDOSTAMINEN JA ENNALTAEHKÄISEMINEN
BECOMING AWARE OF AND PREVENTING VIOLENCE IN INTIMATE LIFE
Coordinator Hannu Säävälä

• Päivi Pihlaja University of Turku, Finland
  A Story of Children’s Fears and Violence

• Kirsi Peltonen, University of Tampere, Finland; Noora Ellonen, Police College of Finland, Finland & Raija-Leen Punamäki, University of Tampere, Finland
  The Effects of Domestic Violence and Accumulation of Violent Experiences on Child’s Mental Health

• Ola Shahin, Mohamed Yousry Abdelmohsen, Souad Moussa, Omnia Raafat Aggression in a Sample of Egyptian Adolescence

• Santtu Salonen, Oulu Mother and Child Home and Shelter, Finland
  The Characteristics of the Intimate Batterer and Violence

• Riitta Hannus, Oulu Women and Child Home and Shelter, Finland
  An Integrated Treatment Model and its Advantages and Challenges in the Recovery Process of Women Exposed to Violence in Their Close Relationships

• Juha Holma, University of Jyväskylä, Finland
  Research on Treatment Groups for Intimately Violent Men

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2. NORMATIVITY AND SEXUALITY
Coordinator Emma Renold

• Sanna Karkulehto University of Oulu, Finland
  Sisters of agony and forbidden. Sexuality in contemporary Finnish women's litterature

• Jukka Lehtonen, University of Helsinki, Finland
  Heteronormativity in vocational upper secondary education

• Pasi Malmi, University of Lapland, Finland
  Violence against men as a humorous and positive phenomeno

3. INTERCULTURAL AND INTERSECTIONAL CHALLENGES IN LEARNING
coordinator Gunilla Johansson

• Gunilla Johansson, Luleå University of Technology, Sweden
  Marginalization and Teachable moments: Two Circumpolar Postsecondary Case Studies

• Ylva Jannok-Nutti, Luleå Tekniska Universitet, Sweden
  Decolonization and empowerment processes in school and private narratives

• Minna Uitto, University of Oulu, Finland
  Power-full Teacher-Student Relationships in Teacher Memories

• Noora Ellonen & Tarja Pösö, Police College of Finland, Finland
  Asking Children Questions about Violence: a Challenge to Research Ethics

• Hanna Alasuutari, University of Oulu, Finland
  Conditions for Partnership and Intercultural Co-operation in the Context of Education Sector Development Co-operation in Zambia

• Mumbi Machera, University of Nairobi, Kenya
  Rethinking Violence and Socialization: Reflections from Kenya

4. VIOLENCE POWER AND EMPOWERMENT IN SCHOOLS
coordinator Mary Jane Kehily & Tuija Huuki

• Hanna Nikkanen, Sibelius Academy, Finland
  Musical Performance as a Tool of Power and Empowerment in the School Community

• Joonas Kekkonen, Väestöliitto – Family Federation of Finland, Finland
  The Reactions of Boys and Educators to Information on Sexuality and Aggression

• Päivi Honkatukia, National Research Institute of Legal Policy, Finland & Leena Suurpää, Finnish Youth Research Network, Finland
  Violence in Ethnic Minority Young Men’s Peer Relations at School

• Sari Manninen, University of Oulu, Finland
  Changes and Reproductions of Masculinities, Hierarchies and Resources of Status among Finnish Schoolboys

• Tuija Huuki, University of Oulu, Finland
  A Longitudinal Life History Study on Boys, Status and Violence

• Anna Skytte; Aino Pitkänen & Tiina Tervaskanto-Mäentausta
  An Interprofessional Action Model for the Healthy Future of School
  Aged Children in the City of Oulu

5. CHALLENGES IN DEVELOPING NON-VIOLENT COMMUNITIES AMONG CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS
coordinator Vappu Sunnari

• Greta Rova-Lindberg, Luleå University of Technology, Sweden
  Conflict Handling in School from a Gender Perspective

• Malin Gustavsson, Folkhälsan, Finland
  From Theory to Practice: To Stop and Prevent Sexual Harassment in Primary School

• Vappu Sunnari, University of Oulu, Finland / Luleå University of Technology, Sweden
  From Sexism Towards Mutual Respect Based on Care and Love

• Catherine Blaya, International School Violence Observatory
  Female violence and delinquency in French schools: a myth or a reality?

6. GENDER VIOLENCE INDICATORS AND POLICY DEVELOPMENT
Coordinator Mervi Heikkinen & Mar Camarasa

• Fatiha Sahli, Université Cadiayyad Marrakech-Maroc, Morocco
  Fight against violence toward women mechanisms: Inventory fixtures

• Letizia Palumbo, University of Palermo, Italy
  Gender violence in Italy and Spain - law and politics

• Cesarina Manassero, University of Turin, Italy
  The potential and pitfalls of the law: gendering human rights

• Maureen Lyons & Susan Miner, University College Dublin, Ireland
  Rape Cirsis service provider data: lessons from the Irish data

• Elke Lujansky-Lammer, Ombud for Equal Treatment between Women and Men in Employment and Occupation, Austria
  Outlines of in-house mechanisms to combat (sexual) harassment in the workplace

• Mervi Heikkinen University of Oulu, Finland
  Sexual and Sexist harassment and elimination of harassment

• Suncica Vucaj, Zene na delu – Women at work, Serbia
  Minded Body: Anti Burn-out Program for Activists Fighting Violence against Women

7. MULTIPROFESSIONAL WORK AND POLICY DEVELOPMENT TO TAKE ACTIOS AGAINST VIOLENCE
Coordinator Riitta Pohjoisvirta & Suvi Pihkala

• Riitta Pohjoisvirta, Oulu Mother and Child Home and Shelter, Finland
  Training Process for a Multiprofessional Group in the City of Oulu

• Suvi Pihkala University of Oulu, Finland
  Experiences from an APROPOS online specialization programme on violence prevention: results from student feedback

• Sirkka Perttu, University of Helsinki, Finland
  Health and Social Care against Violence, HEVI 2008–2010

• Franca Garreffa & Rosario Marsico, University of Calabria, Spain
  Is it a time for women’s health?

• Franca Garreffa & Geneviève Makaping, University of Calabria, Italy
  Sexism and Racism Regarding Migrant Women Involved in Prostitution Circuits

• Jennifer Musto, University of California, Los Angeles, USA / Utrecht University, Netherlands
  Improvising Empowerment: Tales from the Dutch Non-Governmental Field for Trafficking Victim Protection

8. ETHICS OF CARING AND POWER IN LIFE-SPAN
Coordinator Eila Estola

• Giulia Rodeschini, Fundaciò SURT, Barcelona, Spain
  Border Position of Care in Italy: Asymmetric Relations in a Local and Global Dimension

• Antonietta Jeannette Bastidas Hernandés-Raydán, University Of Granada, Spain
  The Invisible Violence of Feminine Caring Roles in the Private and Public Worlds: a Challenge for the Ethics of Caring

• Elina Luukkonen, University of Oulu, Finland
  Good, Evil and the Potential of Violence in the Carol Gilligan's Theory of Ethics

• Wachana Beawbangkerd, Thailand
  Changing Landscapes in Domestic Violence Research: A Case Study of (and by) a Thai Family

• Anette Häggblom Högskolan på Åland / Högskolan i Harstad, Finland
  How is she going to survive the night?" - Nurses telling about intimate partner violence in Åland

• Anu Laas & Kadri Soo, University of Tartu, Estonia
  How do women talk about experieces of intimate partnership violence

9. ALTERNATIVE HEALING AND EMPOWERMENT
Coordinator Kaarina Kailo

• Hee Sook Lee-Niinioja
  When Our Unjust Feelings are Cared with Empathy, then…

• Kaarina Kailo, University of Oulu, Finland
  Ecomythologies and the Gift Imaginary as Tool of non-violent Socialization and of Cultural Healing

• Agata Zumaeta Figueroa, Asociacion Grupo de Trabajo Redes, Peru
  Theater for Healing: an Empowerment of Domestic Workers in Lima (Peru)

• Marlene le Roux Artscape, South Africa
  Look at me

• Åsa Gardelli, Luleå University of Technology, Sweden
  ICT as a Tool for Empowerment for People with Disabilities

• Marjut Haussila University of Oulu, Finland
  (Not) just a feminine ending

For Presenters

• Presentations in the workshops are 15-20 minutes long. All workshops (exept Becoming Aware and Preventing violence in intimate life) will be held in English.

• All workshop rooms will have a computer with internet connection and a data projector. If you have other requests, please contact gvconference(a)oulu.fi.

• Participants can also bring posters to the poster session taking place on friday morning. Please contact gvconference(a)oulu.fi if you have posters your'd wish to bring.
  

For more information contact

Suvi Pihkala
gvconference(a)oulu.fi
Tel +358 8 553 3729
Fax +358 8 553 3610.