Conference on male sexual victimisation

South Africa’s First Conference on Male Sexual Victimisation

SAMSOSA will be hosting South Africa’s 1st Conference on Male Sexual Victimisation. It will include speakers from around the world and local specialists in the field.

The conference will benefit anyone working with male survivors whether in a professional or voluntary capacity. It will also be beneficial to survivors themselves.

DATE: Wednesday 18^th September 2013

VENUE: Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS)

ADDRESS: Melville Road, Johannesburg

COST: R795 including refreshments, lunch and speakers notes

Time	Topic	Presenter
8h00 – 8h30	Registration
8h30 – 8h45	Welcome and Contextualising the Conference	Luke Lamprecht
8h45 – 9h00	Personal Narrative and Birth of SAMSOSA	Rees Mann
9h00 – 10h00	International Trends in Male Victimisation	Mike Lew
10h00 – 11h00	Therapeutic interventions for sexually abused males	Thom Harrigan
11h00 – 11h30	Tea
11h30 – 12h15	Review of South African Research on Male Victimisation	Lisa Vetten
12h15 – 13h00	Let’s End It Now: Sexual Violence in Prisons	Sasha Gear
13h00 – 14h00	Lunch
14h00 – 14h45	Grooming and Career Offenders: An Experience of the Church	Sid Coleman
14h45 – 15h30	Panel of presenters from the conference	Luke Lamprecht
15h30 – 16h00	Way forward	Rees Mann
16h00 – 17h00	Networking Cocktail Function
17h00 – 17h30	Registration for evening panel
17H30 – 18h00	SAMSOSA Launch	Rees Mann
18h00- 20H00	ATTITUDES TO MALE VICTIMISATION Criminal Justice And Psychosocial Care Panel CHAIR: JUSTICE EDWIN CAMERON Presenters and discussants: Ms C Coetzee National Prosecuting Authority Lt Col H Niemand Family Child and Sexual Offences Unit South African Police Service Dr T Nkobi Clinical Medico-Legal Services Department of Health Ms M Morris: Victim Empowerment Services Department of Social Development Luke Lamprecht South African Male Survivors Of Sexual Abuse

Space limited to 70

Should you only want to attend the evening event please contact Rees directly

For further information and registration contact rees@samsosa.org