Judy Ferguson

Feminist & foodie. Scot Womens Aid National Training Co-ord,Safe & Together Trainer,DA Matters Trainer&IDAA. Have been known to like a wee boogie.Tweets my own.

[Judy Ferguson @judeeferguson]

@heraldscotland 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[Judy Ferguson @judeeferguson]

@DrMoragKerr @JMoncktonSmith email your Westminster MP, ask them to raise this in parliament. Demand attention and action.

[Judy Ferguson @judeeferguson]

Join us for this free online session is designed specifically for frontline professionals in any setting who may encounter people experiencing domestic abuse or forced marriage.

[Scottish Women's Aid @scotwomensaid]

📢 Join us on Monday, 17 February 2025, for an introduction to Scotland's Domestic Abuse and Forced Marriage Helpline.

This free online session is designed specifically for frontline professionals in any setting who may encounter people experiencing domestic abuse or forced marriage.

Marking Helpline Awareness Day 2025, this lunchtime session will provide a brief insight into the support we offer and give you the knowledge and confidence you need to signpost individuals to the helpline for support.

Book your place here: https://t.co/Nv5msURGeW

[Rory O'Connor @suicideresearch]

Please share!

Exciting fully funded PhD opportunity.

Are you passionate about understanding and preventing suicide?

If so, why not consider joining us to undertake a PhD generously funded by the Canmore Trust?

Please get in touch if you are interested or have any questions.

🔗https://t.co/wgNK2roGGv

[Judy Ferguson @judeeferguson]

@scottish_water multiple streets reporting no water G413AA

[Judy Ferguson @judeeferguson]

@ATGTICKETS @KingsandRoyal as long as no one wants to get tickets via the telephone! I was four hours in the queue today for Glasgow tickets and didn’t get through and then cut off by your system

[Judy Ferguson @judeeferguson]

@ATGTICKETS Four hours in the telephone queue today and then I got cut off from your end.#epicfail

[Judy Ferguson @judeeferguson]

Getting through to @ATGTICKETS on the phone is worse than trying for Oasis. 3 hours I've been in the queue
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[Scottish Women's Aid @scotwomensaid]

This #TalkMoneyWeek we have published a joint briefing with @aberlourCCT and @financiallyincl on #CoercedDebt.

Coerced debt is a form of domestic abuse that exploits women's economic inequality keeps them trapped.

Find out more here: https://t.co/eQzpf9EcGg

[Scottish Women's Aid @scotwomensaid]

Yesterday, our National Training Coordinator attended an event at Glasgow Women's Library to hear new research from Dr Mhairi Ross on the experiences of lone mothers navigating poverty in Glasgow and the vital role of women's support networks.

In the research, many women spoke about the importance of Women's Aid in their lives.

📢We hope to host a seminar around this in the New Year - watch this space!

[Judy Ferguson @judeeferguson]

Child contact decisions in favour of contact with a perpetrator of domestic are often unsafe,uninformed & unwanted by children. Contact should only occur where it is safe,in the best interests of the child & crucially wanted by the child. Join our conference & explore the issues

[Scottish Women's Aid @scotwomensaid]

Our CEO Dr Marsha Scott describes failures in child contact proceedings as ‘’A horrific violation of children and women’s rights’’.

Children's views matter and are frequently dismissed or left unaddressed in child contact proceedings. Child contact reform is needed.

📆Join SWA and leading Scottish and international experts in law, justice and social work to explore and draw attention to the systemic issues at play regarding #childcontact, highlighting the need to reform justice processes in Scotland.

More info and book your place 👉 https://t.co/Oddaoun4wk

[Judy Ferguson @judeeferguson]

Whoops @scotwomensaid conference is 11th Nov & @davidgmandel in person 1 day workshop is 12th Nov. more info on workshop here: https://t.co/ZP2AKHqd6K

[Judy Ferguson @judeeferguson]

Exactly why in Scotland @scotwomensaid are shining a light on child contact and the reforms needed at our national conference on 12th November. sign up here: https://t.co/3AeESwIA8L

[Judy Ferguson @judeeferguson]

Exactly why in Scotland @scotwomensaid are shining a light on child contact and the reforms needed at our national conference on 12th November. sign up here: https://t.co/3AeESwIA8L

[Natalie Page @NataliePage]

📣NEWS!!
Cafcass have finally admitted that they've been getting it wrong about domestic abuse.

Cafcass Chief Executive, Jacky Tiotto said: "I am sorry that some four years on from the Harm Panel report, there are still children and adults in family court proceedings who do not receive the protection they deserve and require."

"No child or adult should have to live with or worry about the prospect of spending time with another adult who threatens, controls, abuses, and harms them. Sadly, many abusive adults apply to the family court to spend time or to live with their children despite causing them harm and being a risk of further harm to them in the future."

NEW POLICY INTRODUCED!
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https://t.co/88M9nZRSWE

[Judy Ferguson @judeeferguson]

We are also thrilled to have @RichardWhitecr3, @jenanglaw, @JDev65, @RuthFriskney,Lindsey Fleming / @justrightscot, Gillian Baker/ Baker Gostelow Family Law & @davidgmandel joining us to explore how to transform thinking and practice on #childcontact #domesticabuse #justice

[Scottish Women's Aid @scotwomensaid]

📢 We are pleased to announce that Tam Baillie will be joining us as a panellist at our upcoming National Conference. Tam is the current Independent Chair of the Child and Adult Protection Committees in Renfrewshire and the Chair of Child Protection Committees Scotland (CPCS). He will contribute to the discussion on the vital role of social work in matters related to child contact, drawing on his extensive expertise and experience in this field.

📆Join SWA and leading Scottish and international experts in law, justice and social work to explore and draw attention to the systemic issues at play regarding #childcontact, highlighting the need to reform justice processes in Scotland. More info and book your place 👉 https://t.co/Oddaoun4wk

[Scottish Women's Aid @scotwomensaid]

📢SWA National Conference Speaker Announcement – Dr Ruth Friskney, Research Fellow (Sociological & Cultural Studies) at the #UniversityofGlasgow and Research Associate with the Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research #SCCJR, will be leading the following workshop:

👉 Improving Space for Children in Child Contact Processes. Even if practitioners did understand – there’s no space for thinking about children in the child contact process.

Ruth’s research looks at the relationships between individuals and institutions, with a particular focus on the experiences of children and women affected by domestic abuse and sexual violence. Recent work has included looking at lawyers’ perceptions of the child contact system for children and women affected by domestic abuse in Scotland. Ruth’s research often builds on previous policy work in the areas of gender-based violence and justice.

📆Join SWA and leading Scottish and international experts in law, justice and social work to explore and draw attention to the systemic issues at play regarding #childcontact, highlighting the need to reform justice processes in Scotland. More info and book your place 👉 https://t.co/Oddaoun4wk

[Scottish Women's Aid @scotwomensaid]

📢SWA National Conference Speaker Announcement – Founding Director of #Lawmanity, Jen Ang, will be leading the following workshop:

👉Children’s and Women’s Human Rights – Consideration of the legal landscape to challenge state failure to improve contact processes.

🌏As part of the workshop, Jen will also be looking at the #UNCRC and recent cases that have been heard at the European Court of Human Rights regarding child contact as a violation of children's rights

Lawmanity is a project that aims to tackle inequalities in the law by working with people-led movements to secure positive change. Jen was formerly Founding Director of JustRight Scotland, a human rights charity which uses the law to defend and extend people’s rights.

Jen is an experienced human rights lawyer and activist, qualified to practice in Scotland, England and Wales, and New York State. She is a legal expert on immigration and asylum, violence against women and girls, children’s rights, and on the rights of survivors of torture and trafficking.

She is also a Professor in Practice at the #UniversityofGlasgow and believes in making legal education open and accessible to all.

📆Join SWA and leading Scottish and international experts in law, justice and social work to explore and draw attention to the systemic issues at play regarding #childcontact, highlighting the need to reform justice processes in Scotland. More info and book your place 👉 https://t.co/Oddaoun4wk

[Scottish Women's Aid @scotwomensaid]

📣NEW CAMPAIGN! 📣

Today we’re launching our new campaign - #FreedomShouldntCost - to raise funds to empower our work around #EconomicAbuse.

If you donate between today and 17th October, your donation will be generously matched by the Big Give Women and Girls Match Fund, so every penny raised this week will go twice as far!

During the campaign we’ll be sharing more about what economic abuse is, and how it impacts women and children.

At SWA, we think freedom from abuse shouldn’t cost you your income, your home, your education, your savings or your future.

Your donation over the next week can help us elevate the issue of economic abuse across Scotland, so that economic abuse is recognised for the devastating criminal behaviour that it is, and so that survivors get the emotional and practical support they need, when they need it.

Together, we can make real change 💪 : https://t.co/HIteziaREc

#FreedomShouldntCost #EndEconomicAbuse

[SWATraining @TrainingSwa]

An all star line up for our in person National Conference - bringing the leading expert voices! Keynote by @davidgmandel ; inputs from @jenanglaw; @RichardWhitecr3; @RuthFriskney; Gillian Baker; @tam_baillie and more
Book tix here: https://t.co/YOT3BQtlQ9

[Scottish Women's Aid @scotwomensaid]

More info and booking here: https://t.co/xkXaMNRyOi

[Scottish Women's Aid @scotwomensaid]

📢Bookings are open for the SWA National Conference – Reforming Justice Responses to Domestic Abuse in Child Contact Proceedings: A Human Rights Approach. See more information and book 👉 https://t.co/Oddaoun4wk

⚖️There is an urgent need to address the current failures of mechanisms across criminal and civil courts that lead to sheriffs in child contact proceedings having insufficient information regarding several critical factors.

🌏The conference will explore this issue and will also highlight the connection to and implications of recent international human rights cases, and the incorporation of UNCRC to judicial thinking.