NZFVC Quick Reads: 26 November 2024

NZFVC Quick Reads: 26 November 2024

Welcome to our Quick Reads format. Each week we share selected news bites relevant to family violence and sexual violence in Aotearoa. See all past NZFVC Quick reads.

Submissions open for Oranga Tamariki (Responding to Serious Youth Offending) Amendment Bill

The Chairperson of the Social Services and Community Committee is calling for submissions on the Oranga Tamariki (Responding to Serious Youth Offending) Amendment Bill. The Bill would establish a young serious offender (YSO) declaration and a new military-style academy order in the Oranga Tamariki Act 1989. The YSO declaration would unlock additional powers for Police and the Youth Court. The military-style academy order would provide a new sentencing response for Youth Courts for YSOs. These orders would detain eligible young people within youth justice residences, would order them to participate in a military-style academy programme, and would include a delegable detention authority for the use of reasonable physical force by the chief executive of Oranga Tamariki. The Bill can be read online. Submissions are due 9 January 2024.

ECPAT Youth Engagement Programme

ECPAT Child Alert are piloting a youth engagement programme with groups of young people who have experienced, or are at risk of experiencing, trafficking or sexual exploitation. It provides an opportunity for them to learn, grow and share; to access support they might need; and to engage in youth-led campaigning and future advocacy around child sexual exploitation. ECPAT’s November 2024 newsletter contains more information on the programme. Those working with young people who would like their organisation to join the wait list for this programme can contact EPCAT at engagement.facilitator@ecpat.org.nz. 

New report, Effective practice in violence prevention education with boys and young men (2024)

A new report has been published by Queensland University of Technology: Effective practice in violence prevention education with boys and young men (2024). This report was authored by Michael Flood and examines violence prevention education with boys and young men. Exploring how best to work with boys and young men in classrooms and other face-to-face settings, it identifies six standards for best practice in this work. 

New data summary, Experience of family violence among people who suicided, Victoria 2009-2016 (2024)

A new data summary from Australia has been released: Experience of family violence among people who suicided, Victoria 2009-2016 (2024). The data summary was released by the Coroner’s Court of Victoria and provides an account of the experiences of family violence among people who have died by suicide. For an overview of the data summary, see The Conversation’s article, New data reveals rates of family violence among those who died by suicide.

New report on childhood sexual violence

Together for Girls published a new report, Break the Record: Facts, figures, and solutions to break the world’s record of inaction against childhood sexual violence (2024). This report provides global estimates on the prevalence of sexual violence against children. It also contains information on abuse occurring in schools and in online spaces, information on the health effects of abuse, and information on potential actions to address sexual violence against children.