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Assistance for NGO workers to obtain a social work qualification
News 10 Jul 2012
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Applications are now open for the 2013 NGO Social Work Study Awards. The awards are "aimed at building the capability of people working in community-based social services. Up to 85 awards are offered every year to assist employees of non-government...
Emily Longley's parents to set up new foundation
News 09 Jul 2012
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Emily Longely's parents are setting up a new foundation to raise awareness of domestic violence. Emily, 17, was killed by her boyfriend, Elliot Turner, in England in 2011. A website for the foundation is being set up, hoped to be ready in the next...
Advocates continue to speak out against new Family Court fees
News 09 Jul 2012
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Family violence specialists and other concerned groups continue to speak out against new fees implemented in the Family Court last week. Charges of $220 for parenting orders and $700 for relationship property applications came into effect on 1 July...
NZFVC releases Issues Paper on family violence data
News 03 Jul 2012
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The New Zealand Family Violence Clearinghouse has released our second Issues Paper, Measurement of family violence at a population level: What might be needed to develop reliable and valid family violence indicators? The paper reviews some of the...
NZFVC Research Fellow speaks about child abuse data on ONE News Breakfast
News 03 Jul 2012
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NZFVC Research Fellow Dr Pauline Gulliver spoke on ONE News Breakfast yesterday about the limitations of New Zealand data on child abuse. NZ child abuse rates unreliable - researcher, ONE News Breakfast, 2 July 2012
New Australian research on child sexual abuse and subsequent offending and victimisation
News 02 Jul 2012
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This Australian Institute of Criminology study investigated whether a disproportionate number of child sexual abuse (CSA) victims subsequently perpetrate offences and experience future victimisation compared with people who have not been sexually...
New report released on child offenders
News 02 Jul 2012
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The Parliamentary Social Services Committee has released a new report on the identification, rehabilitation, and care and protection of child offenders. The Committee considered the way child offenders are dealt with by the justice system and...
Impact of FVIARS on Women’s Refuge clients
News 27 Jun 2012
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The National Collective of Independent Women's Refuges have released new research into the impact of the Family Violence Interagency Response System (FVIARS) on Women’s Refuge clients. The research is based on focus groups with Women's Refuge...
Government announces public sector targets
News 25 Jun 2012
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The Government today announced targets it has set for the public sector to achieve over the next five years. These include: Reducing the number of physical assaults of children under 16 years by 5% to below 3000 Reducing the number of violent crimes...
Māori research receives funding for projects on child rearing and men's health
News 21 Jun 2012
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Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga has awarded research grants to two projects to contribute to a better understanding of traditional Māori child rearing and Māori men's health. Tiakina Te Pā Harakeke: Māori childrearing within a context of whānau ora – Dr...
VicHealth releases new report on bystander intervention
News 19 Jun 2012
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VicHealth has recently released a new report as part of its Bystander Research Project. This project was initiated to better understand the organisational and community cultures that support pro-social bystander action (that is, action intended to...
Media coverage: removing children at birth
News 13 Jun 2012
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Media on Paula Bennett’s recent comments about enabling courts to direct parents who have abused or killed a child not to have children, or have them removed at birth, is collated below. Print ‘Govt: Abusers could have children taken away at...
World Elder Abuse Awareness Day - a time to find out more about elder abuse and neglect
News 13 Jun 2012
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World Elder Abuse Awaress Day is Friday 15 June 2012. The purple ribbon is the symbol for this day, or just wear purple. Each day Age Concern offices around New Zealand receive an average of four calls about abuse or neglect. Age Concern New Zealand...
Strengthening systems to eliminate family violence: Family violence symposium 2012
Page 13 Jun 2012
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28 May 2012, WellingtonCo-hosted by the Families Commission and the New Zealand Family Violence Clearinghouse The Families Commission and the New Zealand Family Violence Clearinghouse held a one day family violence symposium for practitioners,...
Family Violence Networks funded for another year
News 25 May 2012
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The Family Violence Networks (formerly known as the Te Rito Networks) will be funded $2.8m for one further year. The announcement recognises that "Family violence is a complex social problem and it often requires a response from more than one agency...
Family violence data summaries released
News 25 May 2012
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NZFVC has released three Data Summaries on family violence: Family Violence Deaths; Violence Against Women; and Children and Youth affected by Family Violence. The Data Summaries are collations of publicly available information on family violence...
Plan of Action for the Global Campaign for Violence Prevention launched
News 25 May 2012
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The World Health Organisation's Plan of Action for the Global Campaign for Violence Prevention (GCVP) 2012-2020 has been launched. It aims to unify the efforts of the main actors in international violence prevention and identify a small set of...
Findings from Australian Homicide Project released
News 25 May 2012
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Findings from the Australian Homicide Project have been released. This is the first major study of intimate partner homicide in Australia. Based on interviews with over 200 homicide offenders in custodial and community corrections, its objectives...
Systematic review finds new evidence to support routine screening of women for domestic violence
News 24 May 2012
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A new systematic eview of recent studies has found evidence that routine screening of women for domestic violence could reduce cases of abuse and injuries, and that general screening for domestic violence did not appear to harm women. The U.S....
Primary prevention of sexual violence survey now online
News 22 May 2012
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The Preventing Sexual Violence in Aotearoa New Zealand Survey is now online. Te Ohaakii A Hine National Network Ending Sexual Violence Together (TOAH-NNEST) (Tauiwi Caucus) is carrying a survey of any community group, NGO, or state sector agency...