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Webinar on Tackling Image-Based Sexual Abuse

Last Chance to register- Tuesday, July 30th 2024

on Tuesday, July 30th 2024 between 9.30 AM to 1.30 PM BTS

Please click here to register online.

Programme

Examine current trends in the different types of image-based sexual abuse in the UK, current policy and legislation in this area
Review current IBSA guidelines and training for police and Crown Prosecution Service officers and exchange best practice on encouraging reporting and successfully prosecuting perpetrators
Develop strategies for improving multi-agency cooperation around protecting vulnerable individuals and communities and supporting survivors
Evaluate the likely impact of the Online Safety Act 2023 and the Criminal Justice Bill on IBSA and how the Act can be effectively implemented, including the role of Ofcom
Exchange views on the additional regulatory and practical measures needed to effectively tackle the growth of IBSA
Discuss what an effective, comprehensive, consent-based criminal legal framework covering all forms of intimate image abuse should look like
Assess what more social media platforms, search engines and other websites or apps which host user-generated content could do to tackle IBSA
Address the challenges of protecting those groups particularly vulnerable to IBSA, including children, minoritised women and sex workers
Consider the growing role of AI in IBSA, and innovations required to better tackle this particular component

Confirmed Speaker :

Caragh Arthur, Senior Policy Manager at HM Prison and Probation Service
Lizzie Reeves, Senior Policy Manager at Internet Matters
Lawrence Jordan, Director of Services at Marie Collins Foundation
Jodi Leedham, Technology-Facilitated Abuse & Economic Empowerment Service Manager at Refuge
Georgina Mclocklin, Academic Associate in Psychology at Nottingham Trent University

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