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Online toolkit shares lessons on teen dating violence prevention
News 04 Dec 2013
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Futures without Violence (US) has launched a new online toolkit to assist those in developing teen dating violence (TDV) prevention programmes. The toolkit shares the lessons learnt from Start Strong, a national programme in the US which examined...
Voices against Violence launched by UN Women and Girl Guides
News 04 Dec 2013
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Voices against Violence, a non-formal education curriculum on ending violence against women and girls, has been launched by UN Women and the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS). Part of the larger WAGGGS campaign, Stop the...
Select Committee hears submissions on Vulnerable Children Bill
News 03 Dec 2013
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Parliament's Social Services Select Committee has begun hearing oral submissions on the Vulnerable Children Bill. Media coverage is listed below. Links will continue to be added to the page as they become available. A submission by Bronwyn Kerr of...
Research aims to improve services for young people affected by sexual violence
News 28 Nov 2013
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Auckland Sexual Abuse HELP Foundation in partnership with Tu Wahine Trust have released research aiming to improve services for young people who are affected by sexual violence. The research report, Breaking the silence but keeping secrets: what...
TV series Womenpower covers domestic violence and the Family Court
News 28 Nov 2013
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TV series 'Womenpower' episodes covering domestic violence, and women's experiences in the Family Court, are now available online (links below under episodes 5 and 8). Womenpower is screening on Wednesday at 7.30 on free-to-air Face TV (also online...
Initiatives seek to reduce the online sexual exploitation of children
News 26 Nov 2013
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Work and new initiatives to help stop the online sexual exploitation of children have been highlighted this month. Google and Microsoft have introduced new software that improves Google Search filters to block out commercial sexual exploitation of...
Imkaan and The Project mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
News 25 Nov 2013
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The Pacific Islands Safety and Prevention Project and Imkaan, a UK-based, black feminist organisation dedicated to addressing violence against women and girls, are marking the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women with...
New NZFVC Issues Paper: Effectively involving men in preventing violence against women
News 25 Nov 2013
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The Clearinghouse has today released Issues Paper 5, Effectively involving men in preventing violence against women. Written by Garth Baker, it looks at: reasons, theories and approaches for involving men, strategies for working effectively with men...
Updated resources for immigrant victims of domestic and sexual violence
News 21 Nov 2013
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The US National Online Resource Center on Violence Against Women (VAWnet) has released updated Special Collections on immigrant women and domestic and sexual violence. Special Collections are peer-reviewed organised lists of select resources on...
White Ribbon Day 2013
News 21 Nov 2013
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White Ribbon Day, the international day when men wear a white ribbon to show that they do not condone violence towards women, is marked today, Monday 25 November. In New Zealand, the White Ribbon Campaign was officially launched on 11 November. The...
Effectively involving men in preventing violence against women
Page 20 Nov 2013
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Issues Paper 5, November 2013 Author: Garth Baker, BA (Social Anthropology), PGDipBusAdmin (Dispute Resolution). Violence prevention researcher and programme designer. Downloads Effectively involving men in preventing violence against women (...
Self protection programme helps to "dissipate the fear"
News 19 Nov 2013
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A programme providing self defence/protection courses for young women who have experienced domestic violence has been piloted by the Women's Self Defence Network Wahine Toa (WSDN) in collaboration with Women's Refuge. Funded by the Vodafone...
Health Committee releases report on improving child health outcomes
News 19 Nov 2013
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Parliament's Health Committee has reported on its inquiry into practical health and social interventions to promote children's wellbeing, prevent child abuse and break cycles of disadvantage. The report Inquiry into improving child health outcomes...
1074 'buddies' seek to generate conversations about protecting children
News 12 Nov 2013
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Members of parliament and celebrities are to partner with a mini cardboard child - a "buddy" - to raise awareness of protecting vulnerable children between 12-15 November 2013. "Buddy Day", organised by Child Matters, involves school children...
Responses to the 'Roast Busters'
News 04 Nov 2013
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Media reporting on a group of Auckland young men calling themselves the ‘Roast Busters’ has sparked widespread discussion about rape, consent and young people. The responses below highlight issues in the wider culture and systems responses to sexual...
Partner violence and suicidality linked
News 04 Nov 2013
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New Zealand women who have experienced partner violence are more likely to contemplate suicide, according to New Zealand findings published in the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health last week. Researchers from the New Zealand Family...
New board members for the Glenn Inquiry; Impact Collective launched
News 04 Nov 2013
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Women's Refuge chief executive Heather Henare, former Reserve Bank director Suzanne Snively and former Te Wānanga o Aotearoa head Bentham Ohia have been appointed to the Glenn Inquiry board. Media reported the Glenn Inquiry has not resumed...
Pasefika Proud Family Violence Research Plan launched
News 31 Oct 2013
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Associate Minister of Social Development, Tariana Turia, has launched a research plan on family violence for Pasefika communities at the Pasefika Proud Community Awards in Auckland. Nga Vaka o Kāiga Tapu: Pasefika Proud Family Violence Research Plan...
Child Matters offering Diploma in Child Protection
News 31 Oct 2013
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Child Matters is offering their one year specialised tertiary qualification in child protection and advocacy in 2014. The Diploma in Child Protection Studies is "advanced level training in child protection, designed to develop leaders and ‘go-to’...
Screening and vetting for child abuse
News 29 Oct 2013
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Screening for people who work with children has again been raised following further arrests for child sexual abuse in Northland. Measures proposed under the Vulnerable Children's Bill include screening and vetting of employees of government agencies...