{"id":5710,"date":"2024-01-16T19:20:48","date_gmt":"2024-01-16T18:20:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/swindon-and-district\/?p=5710"},"modified":"2024-04-22T09:23:44","modified_gmt":"2024-04-22T08:23:44","slug":"swindon-soroptimists-attend-wiltshire-polices-conference-on-vawg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/swindon-and-district\/2024\/01\/16\/swindon-soroptimists-attend-wiltshire-polices-conference-on-vawg\/","title":{"rendered":"Swindon Soroptimists Attend Wiltshire Police&#8217;s Conference on VAWG"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">Seldom Heard Voices<\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/swindon-and-district\/files\/2024\/01\/Dec5th.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5711\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/swindon-and-district\/files\/2024\/01\/Dec5th.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"526\" height=\"535\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/swindon-and-district\/files\/2024\/01\/Dec5th.jpg 526w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/swindon-and-district\/files\/2024\/01\/Dec5th-295x300.jpg 295w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 526px) 100vw, 526px\" \/><\/a><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Our members Lydia and Jackie were inspired, moved and motivated by all the wonderful speakers at the Wiltshire Police \u201cSeldom Heard Voices\u201d VAWG event yesterday, highlighting the even greater injustices and violence suffered by those from ethnic minorities or with vulnerabilities or disabilities. Some harrowing stories from amazing and courageous women, as well as shocking statistics, such as women with limiting disabilities are twice as likely to suffer Domestic Abuse. Lovely to meet up with our friends from Salisbury Soroptimists, VAS Swindon, Swindon Sisters Alliance &amp; The Nelson Trust. As Chief Constable Catherine Roper closed the meeting, she\u00a0 echoed Bridie Anderson&#8217;s words, <em>\u201cDon\u2019t Assume, Ask; Listen and Be Kind\u201d<\/em> and charged us all to consider what more we can do to do to end Violence Against Women and those \u201cSeldom Heard Voices\u201d .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seldom Heard Voices &nbsp; Our members Lydia and Jackie were inspired, moved and motivated by&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":729,"featured_media":5711,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[117,3],"tags":[66,133,12],"class_list":["post-5710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-117","category-club-news","tag-police-and-crime-commissioner-for-wiltshire","tag-swindon-and-wiltshire-police-and-crime-commissioner","tag-violence-against-women"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Swindon Soroptimists Attend Wiltshire Police&#039;s Conference on VAWG | News | Blog | Events | SI Swindon and District<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI Swindon and District : Blog &amp; News : Swindon Soroptimists Attend Wiltshire Police&#039;s Conference on VAWG : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Swindon and District . 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