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The FASA Conference: Free from Addiction, Safe from Abuse will be held on 30 March 2022. The focus of the conference is on survivors of intimate partner violence who are also dealing with problematic substance use.
The FASA project (Free from addiction, safe from abuse) is a European collaborative project which aims at enhancing the skills of professionals in the field of intimate partner violence support through capacity building on the co-occurrence of intimate partner violence and problematic substance use.
The conference is the final event of the FASA project and representatives from all the project countries, Estonia, Greece, Northern-Ireland, Spain and Iceland will take part and introduce the outputs of the project and discuss the theme of the project. In addition, Icelandic specialists will also take part in panel discussion about the theme of the project.
The conference will be held at the National and University Library of Iceland, is open to all and will be held in English.
The conference will be streamed on Facebook.
See the agenda below.
Agenda
9:30 – 9:40 Welcome – Elín Björk Jóhannsdóttir, RIKK
9:40 – 10:30 Introduction to the FASA project and its outputs
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- How it all started – Nicholas Spetsidis – UWAH
- The analytical report – Guðrún Sif Friðriksdóttir, RIKK
- The training manual – Theodoros Giovazolias, UoC
- The Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) – Anastasia Turusinova, UT
- Guidelines for professionals in the field of problematic substance use – Paul Robeson, NEXUS
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 – 11:30 Women‘s experiences of treatment for problematic substance use in Iceland – Guðrún Sif Friðriksdóttir, RIKK
11:30 – 12:00 Introduction to the MARISSA project – Nancy Zoidou, UWAH
12:00 – 13:00 Lunch
13:00 – 14:00 Panel discussion: Encountering women survivors of IPV also dealing with PSU
Moderator: Anand Torrents Alcaraz – M&M
Sigþrúður Guðmundsdóttir – Kvennaathvarfið (The Women‘s shelter)
Ragna Björg Guðbrandsdóttir – Bjarkarhlíð (Family Justice Center for survivors of violence)
Steinunn Gyðu- og Guðjónsdóttir – Stígamót (Center for survivors of sexual violence)
14:00 – 14:15 Coffee break
14:15 – 15:15 Panel discussion: Problematic substance use and links to violence and trauma
Moderator: Theodoros Giovazolias, UoC
Kristín I. Pálsdóttir – Rótin (The Root – Association for Women‘s Welfare)
Halldóra Guðmundsdóttir – Konukot (Shelter for homeless women)
Soffía Hjördís Ólafsdóttir – VoR-teymi Reykjavíkurborgar (on-site consulting team assisting people who are homeless and have problematic substance use and mental health problems)
15:15 – 15:20 Closing – Elín Björk Jóhannsdóttir, RIKK
