Responding to Intimate Partner Violence and Substance Use: Sex-, Gender-, and Equity-Based Approaches
In this Special Event, Dr. Lorraine Greaves, Founding Executive Director and Senior Investigator at the Centre of Excellence for Women’s Health will explore the critical importance of approaches that simultaneously address IPV and SU, rooted in trauma- and violence-informed (TVI) care, and informed by sex-, gender-, and equity-based analyses (SGBA+). Drawing on evidence from Canadian and international interventions and decades of work at the intersection of substance use, trauma, and gender, Dr. Greaves will discuss how different substances, and different patterns of substance use, social perceptions, stigma, and intersecting concerns shape the lives of survivors.
This session will offer practical resources from the Centre of Excellence for Women’s Health and provide insights for GBV and allied service providers. Approaches such as motivational interviewing, reflecting on stigma, and starting conversations about various substances that promote safety, choice, empowerment, and self-determination will be discussed.
