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Charity Tackling Gender Based Violence in education
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📢 It's not too late to book your ticket to join us at our annual GBV in Universities & Colleges Conference on 20 November in Edinburgh! This year we’re sharing good practice through case studies, plus workshops & networking opportunities. 🚨 Don’t forget to book your ticket soon

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For far too long suicides caused by domestic abuse have been dismissed - with perpetrators narratives of "she was crazy anyway" silencing victims/survivors. The tide is definitely turning now - we wholeheartedly support this campaign to bring awareness and ensure perpetrators are

Killed Women (@killedwomennw) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Clive and Sue Ruggles, whose daughter Alice Ruggles was murdered in 2016 by her ex-boyfriend, have welcomed a new judge-led review into stalking laws. mirror.co.uk/news/politics/… The review, led by Richard Wright KC, who helped prosecute Alice's killer, will examine how stalking and

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E6 regulation has had a notable impact in England, its full effect will become clearer over time. Is regulation the way forward for Scotland? How can we ensure tackling GBV remains a firm priority for universities and colleges and efforts don't weaken due to financial pressures?

E6 regulation has had a notable impact in England, its full effect will become clearer over time.
Is regulation the way forward for Scotland?
How can we ensure tackling GBV remains a firm priority for universities and colleges and efforts don't weaken due to financial pressures?
David Challen (@david_challen) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Having attended this week’s Westminster event hearing from families bereaved by domestic abuse-related suicide, I support the urgent call for abusers to be held to account. More victims die by DA-linked suicide than homicide. Please read their stories: ➡️ theguardian.com/society/2025/o…

Having attended this week’s Westminster event hearing from families bereaved by domestic abuse-related suicide, I support the urgent call for abusers to be held to account. More victims die by DA-linked suicide than homicide.

Please read their stories:
➡️ theguardian.com/society/2025/o…
Killed Women (@killedwomennw) 's Twitter Profile Photo

"Abusers who murder their partners now face longer jail terms after new sentencing measures were brought in." metro.co.uk/2025/10/24/tou… "Judges now have the power to impose longer sentences for two new statutory aggravating factors – murders that involve strangulation or those

Suicide Prevention Scotland (@suicideprevscot) 's Twitter Profile Photo

If you work in local suicide prevention, you should take a look at our new resources section over on the Suicide Prevention Scotland website. You'll find loads of brilliant, downloadable tools. 🔗 suicideprevention.scot/work/resources… Tag someone who should see this! 🏷️ 🔘 Public Health Scotland

Professor Michael Flood (@michaelglflood) 's Twitter Profile Photo

If there's an abuser in your friend group and you choose to stay out of it and not "pick sides", then you picked a side. You fostered a space that was safe for someone to abuse others, a space that says, "You are welcome to hurt people here."

If there's an abuser in your friend group and you choose to stay out of it and not "pick sides", then you picked a side. You fostered a space that was safe for someone to abuse others, a space that says, "You are welcome to hurt people here."
EmilyTest (@emilytest12) 's Twitter Profile Photo

We understand that freedom of speech and critical thinking are essential components of a robust education system, encouraging intellectual growth, and nuanced understanding. However, institutions must balance these values with trauma-informed practices, considering the potential

MissM (@missmjustice) 's Twitter Profile Photo

After my civil rape case an article was written by a lecturer at Abertay University Stuart Waiton detailed that the evidence heard in court about my rape was “a drunken night that ended in sex”. “That the scales of justice are unbalanced in an attempt to ‘find closure’ for victims”.

Natalie Page (@natalie_page_) 's Twitter Profile Photo

"Suicides linked to domestic abuse should be investigated as potential homicides, say UK families" Landmark meeting in Westminster heard from string of relatives who say laws are not being used to pursue prosecutions 📰: bit.ly/47LTGnP

"Suicides linked to domestic abuse should be investigated as potential homicides, say UK families"

Landmark meeting in Westminster heard from string of relatives who say laws are not being used to pursue prosecutions

📰: bit.ly/47LTGnP
EmilyTest (@emilytest12) 's Twitter Profile Photo

LAST CHANCE to register for our fifth annual GBV Conference this Thursday in Edinburgh! We are delighted to be welcoming valued colleagues from a large number of Universities and Colleges in Scotland and England 💗 We will be sharing good practice through case studies followed

LAST CHANCE to register for our fifth annual GBV Conference this Thursday in Edinburgh! 
We are delighted to be welcoming valued colleagues from a large number of Universities and Colleges in Scotland and England 💗
We will be sharing good practice through case studies followed
For Women Scotland (@forwomenscot) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Absolutely shocking findings from IFAS. Strangulation is never safe as EmilyTest rightly says. We urgently need better education and information in schools to tackle this epidemic. thetimes.com/uk/scotland/ar…

Scot Gov Fairer (@scotgovfairer) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Scotland’s colleges and universities must be places where students can thrive, safe from Gender-Based Violence (GBV). Equalities Minister @KaukabStewart underlined @ScotGov support at the EmilyTest Conference on tackling GBV in education. ➡️emilytest.org

Scotland’s colleges and universities must be places where students can thrive, safe from Gender-Based Violence (GBV).

Equalities Minister @KaukabStewart underlined @ScotGov support at the <a href="/Emilytest12/">EmilyTest</a> Conference on tackling GBV in education. 
➡️emilytest.org
Dr Pam Gosal MBE MSP (@pamgosalmsp) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Gender-based violence remains a major issue in higher and further education. That is why after speaking to Fiona Drouet from EmilyTest I introduced an amendments to the Tertiary Education and Training (Funding and Governance) (Scotland) Bill which would ensure that