BPW BarbadosBest Practices Used In The Campaign To End

Gender Base Violence

Jamonica BecklesSocial Worker

BPW BarbadosThe Business & Professional women’s Club of Barbados

Established in 1966Our CLUB is non-partisan, non-sectarianAffiliated to the International Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Club of 106 clubs worldwideMain objective:

To improve and advance the status of women in economic, civil and political life in Barbados

BPW Projects & Activities

AdvocacyPublic Education & AwarenessEducation & TrainingThe Crisis CentreTraining for Interagency CollaborationReferral ServiceShelter for battered women

Gender-Based Violence Activities & Programmes

Crisis HotlineCrisis CentreShelter for Abused WomenCommunity Programmes

Best Practices – Crisis HotlineHandling calls on the Crisis Centre HotlineScreening potential shelter clients

screening checklistcontact Shelter re: space availability/suitability/travelhelping the client move from screening to entry can the caller leave immediately/soon? is the perpetrator in the environs of the caller?

Assisting suicidal clientsReferring hotline callers to specific services

Best Practices – Crisis Centre:1Free confidential counselling services by Counselling PsychologistShort-term therapy for victims of rape, sexual, physical & psychological abuseCouples counselling Group counselling – adults and childrenAssessment centre for women wishing to enter the shelter Provides urgent crisis intervention services

Best Practices: Crisis Centre: 2 Gateway to BPW Shelter

Psychological Assessments are done for new clients and ex-clients.Shelter staff make arrangements with shelter taxi or police.Police stations used as main pick-up location for clients Other locations can be used based on sensitive nature of the situation

Best Practices – Crisis Centre: 3 Community outreach

Pre-Release Intervention Programme for GirlsDomestic Violence Intervention for mothers and pregnant women at PolyclinicsDomestic violence sensitivity programmes prosecutors, lawyers, social workers, health professionals and law enforcement officers, social workersSpeaker Bureau:

Domestic violence, human trafficking, sexual assault and women’s empowerment to churches or any community base groups

Best Practices - Crisis Centre : 4 Community Outreach

Domestic violence sensitivity programmes prosecutors, lawyers, social workers, health professionals and law enforcement officersTraining courses in Crisis Intervention and basic counselling for volunteers and staffTRAP Program: Teen Relationship Abuse PreventionTRIM Abuse for Hair Salon ProfessionalWhite Ribbon CampaignThe Clothesline Project

Clothes Line Project

Cloths Line Project

Best Practices - BPW Shelter for Abused Women

Emergency temporary housing for approx. 25 women and children in 4 suites consisting of kitchen, living space and bedrooms.Orientation of clients Group meetings

Domestic Violence , Life/Living Skills, etcCounselling services for adults and childrenCase Management/Crisis InterventionChildren programmesPost- shelter group

Living Arrangement

CrisisCentrePoster

435- 8222