This poster provides more information about the Knowledge Ambassadors Programme, funded by the Mayor’s Office for Police and Crime (MOPAC).
Document Type: All Professionals
Breast ironing: A Clandestine Variant of Gender-based Violence in Africa
This review article examines the phenomenon of breast ironing within the broader context of GBV in Africa, exploring its prevalence, sociocultural roots, health consequences and societal implications, prevention challenges and strategies for intervention.
Understanding Witchcraft, Spirit Possession and Ritualistic Abuse
A document that helps you to understand the issues, as well as what to do if you think someone is at risk
Culture and Faith question guide for professionals
This question guide can be used by multi-agency professionals to explore culture, faith, or belief with families within a holistic assessment of risk in any case of child protection.
It is important to make consideration to an individual and family’s home context as child-rearing beliefs and practices have strong associations with an individual’s culture, faith or belief, socioeconomic status, and immigration background. In order to understand a family holistically, it is important to consider parenting practices, and the ways in which culture, faith or belief has influenced an individual’s parenting. One way to do this is to ask families about their backgrounds.