Voices Podcast Series - Free Yourself Global

President of UMAR, Elisabete Brasil discusses the recent findings in a 12 year study of Femicide in Portugal, and how communities need to become involved in preventing violence against women and what this support should look like.

Executive Director of Victim Support Europe, Levent Altan, discusses some of the challenges in global policy development for domestic violence and the importance of primary research into victims experiences and story-telling in informing policy.

In Episode 5 of "Voices" we talk with Nadine Sookermany, Executive Director of Springtide Resources in Toronto, Canada. We explore the issue of power and control in relationships and the complicated psychology underpinning emotional abuse. "Voices" is part of the global interactive domestic violence campaign "Free Yourself Global" Check it out at www.freeyourselfglobal.com

Kennedy Otina from FEMNET talks about Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) as facilitated by families in some African countries and the cultural drivers are behind this practice. Kennedy also discusses the initiatives being implemented to see an end to the practice of FGM in Kenya.

In Episode 3 we speak with Will Marling, from Victims of Crime International, based in Washington DC about the challenges facing NGO's and policy-makers in resolving issues of domestic violence.