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Intervention - intimate partner violence and child abuse and neglect
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Recommended reading on family and whānau violence Intervention: Intimate partner violence and child abuse and neglect Overview Child abuse and neglect Parenting, child abuse and intimate partner violence Intimate partner violence – victim/...
Primary prevention
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Recommended reading on family and whānau violence Primary prevention aims to stop violence before it occurs, for example by promoting respectful, non-violent relationships and changing the social and cultural norms that support violence. It is...
Submissions open on domestic violence workplace bill; new research on economic abuse
News 21 Mar 2017
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Green Party MP Jan Logie's member's bill on domestic violence workplace protections has been referred to the Justice and Electoral Committee. The committee is now accepting submissions. The Domestic Violence—Victims' Protection Bill would enhance...
Evaluation
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Recommended reading on family and whānau violence Evaluation Aotearoa New Zealand Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC)Making a Difference: Sexual Violence Primary Prevention Toolkit (website)An online toolkit on sexual violence primary...
Community mobilisation
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Recommended reading on family and whānau violence Community mobilisation Community mobilisation is an approach to preventing violence which enables and builds local community ownership. Principles of community mobilisation include social change,...
Risk and protective factors
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Recommended reading on family and whānau violence Risk and protective factors (What 'causes' family violence?) Child abuse and neglect Intimate partner violence Elder abuse Public health approaches seeks to identify "risk and protective factors"...
Tangata whenua
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Recommended reading on family and whānau violence Conceptual models: Tangata whenua Pihama, L., Te Nana, R., Cameron, N., Smith, C., Reid, J., & Southey, K. (2016)Māori cultural definitions of sexual violenceSexual Abuse in Australia and New...
Impacts of violence
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Recommended reading on family and whānau violence Impacts of violence Adverse childhood experiences Impacts of trauma Health impacts Economic costs Information on the impacts of violence is summarised in many reports in this reading list. This...
Statistics
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Recommended reading on family and whānau violence Statistics Overview Child abuse Intimate partner violence - victimisation Intimate partner violence - perpetration Violence against disabled people Rainbow (LGBTIQ+) communities This section...
Definitions
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Recommended reading on family and whānau violence Definitions Ministry of Women's Affairs (2013)Current thinking on primary prevention of violence against womenWellington: Ministry of Women's Affairs.Provides a list of commonly used definitions...
'What works' reports
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Recommended reading on family and whānau violence 'What works' reports This section contains reports which review research: on different types of violence, the impacts of violence and evidence-informed strategies to prevent and respond to...
Top five reads
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Recommended reading on family and whānau violence Top five reads UN Women (2016)Package of essentials for addressing violence against womenConcise, user-friendly briefs: 10 essentials for addressing violence against women 10 essentials for...
Minister indicates rethink on Māori children in care; Select Committee hears submissions
News 16 Mar 2017
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Social Development Minister Anne Tolley has indicated she will reconsider draft legislative provisions that would deprioritise placing Māori children in state care with whānau, hapū and iwi. Radio NZ reported that Minister of Social Development Anne...
Temporary reprieve for sexual violence services on individual client level data
News 16 Mar 2017
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The Ministry of Social Development (MSD) has advised that specialist sexual violence services will be exempt from collecting and providing individual client level data (ICLD) for at least 12 months. This is to allow time for the Ministry to look at...
Government introduces Bill to reform family violence laws
News 15 Mar 2017
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The Government has introduced its Bill to reform family violence laws. The Family and Whānau Violence Legislation Bill was introduced to Parliament today. The Bill includes changes to both civil and criminal law. It amends the Domestic Violence Act...
Latest Better Public Service data - increase in reported violent crime
News 14 Mar 2017
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The Government has released the latest results from the Better Public Service (BPS) goals. Targets include reducing reported violent crime by 20% and reducing the number of children with substantiated findings of physical abuse by 5%, both by June...
Pilot of supervised handover service for children
News 14 Mar 2017
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The Government announced a new pilot to reduce exposure to family violence and abuse when handing over children for care or contact. The pilot will provide a safe environment where parents can hand over children without having to meet ex-partners....
Research project investigates people’s views of data linkage
News 13 Mar 2017
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A research project carried out by University of Auckland researchers and Statistics New Zealand investigated what people think about having their data linked up by government agencies. In a presentation on the findings (2016), the researchers...
Concerns and public meeting on NGOs and provision of individual client level data
News 13 Mar 2017
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A range of groups and individuals have spoken publically about concerns at the Ministry of Social Development's (MSD) plan to require individual client level data from non-government social services. Rape Crisis has said it will not accept contracts...
10 essentials for addressing violence against women
News 09 Mar 2017
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UN Women has published a package of essentials for addressing violence against women (2016). It has also published a brochure on why funding matters. The package includes three one-page briefs. The concise summaries are designed for use by advocates...