Seeds of Possibility: Understanding Alternative Justice Practices in the Gender-Based Violence Sector

Date

5-6 February 2025

Time

7-10am (4-5 February, 1-4pm ET)

Location

Online

Organised by

Learning Network

Cost

Free

This Learning Network Virtual Forum will explore how alternative justice practices can enhance prevention, practices, and responses within the gender-based violence (GBV) movement and sector.

This event has been organised by Learning Network (Western University, Canada).

Forum speakers include community and organizational leaders, practitioners, researchers, and advocates working across sectors to end violence, ensure accountability and build safer, more equitable communities. 

Learning Objectives:

By attending this Forum, participants will enhance their: 

  • Understanding of the history and core principles of alternative justice practices and their role in challenging colonial structures of power

  • Awareness about alternative justice models and processes to end violence within diverse contexts including lessons learned, concerns, and challenges

  • Application of culturally responsive and trauma- and violence-informed responses for supporting survivors and working with those who have done harm