Partnered with a Survivor: David Mandel and Ruth Reymundo Mandel
This podcast is a series of conversations.
What started as a series of intimate conversations between Ruth and David that ranged from personal to professional experiences around violence, relationships, abuse, and system and professional responses which harm, not help, has now become a global conversation about systems and culture change. In many episodes, David and Ruth are joined by a global leader in different areas like child safety, men and masculinity, and, of course, partnering with survivors. Each episode is a deep dive into complex topics like how systems fail domestic abuse survivors and their children, societal views of masculinity and violence, and how intersectionalities such as cultural beliefs, religious beliefs, and unique vulnerabilities impact how we respond to abuse and violence. These far-ranging discussions offer an insider look into how we navigate the world together as professionals, as parents, and as partners. During these podcasts, David and Ruth challenge the notions which keep all of us from moving forward collectively as systems, as cultures, and as families into safety, nurturance, and healing.
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Partnered with a Survivor: David Mandel and Ruth Reymundo Mandel
Season 4 Episode 3: The Silent Effects of Non-Fatal Strangulation: A Conversation with International Lived Experience Expert Nneka MacGregor
Strangulation attempts are a common element of domestic violence perpetrators’ patterns of behavior. Non-fatal strangulation has long been identified as a risk factor for domestic violence homicide. Less attention has been paid to the short-, medium-, and long-term effects of non-fatal strangulation on survivor functioning and well-being.
In this interview with Nneka MacGregor, Ruth and David discuss her research into the injuries, impact, and experiences of survivors who have experienced non-fatal strangulation. They address:
- The specific impacts of non-fatal strangulation on memory loss, traumatic brain injury and increased risk for stroke and other health risks
- How these symptoms and problems, when decontextualized from perpetrators’ assaults, can contribute to victim-blaming
- How perpetrators of non-strangulation need to be held more accountable as parents for the impacts of their behavior
- The siloed and often ineffective responses of professional responses to non-fatal strangulation
- How professionals need to be on the lookout for the signs and symptoms of effects of non-fatal strangulation and listen to the voices of survivors about their experience
Nneka MacGregor is the co-founder and executive director of Womenatthecentre, a unique nonprofit created by and for women, trans, and gender-diverse survivors of gender-based violence (GBV) to champion survivor-led innovations in the domestic and family violence field. She is a Black intersectional abolitionist feminist, international speaker, and trainer. Nneka is also an expert advisory panel member of the Canadian Femicide Observatory for Justice and Accountability, sits on several advisory boards and committees, including the Federal Advisory Council on the Federal Strategy to Prevent and Address GBV, and co-founded the Black Femicide Canada Council.
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