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White Ribbon Releases September Newsletter
News 12 Oct 2011
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The New Zealand White Ribbon Campaign has released it's September Newsletter. White Ribbon is a campaign led by men who condemn violence against women and take action. It is part of a global campaign committed to ending violence against women which...
New Focus Papers from the New Zealand Crime and Safety Survey
News 06 Oct 2011
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The Ministry of Justice has released two new papers from the New Zealand Crime and Safety Survey (NZCASS) 2009. These two focus papers look at Confrontational Crime in New Zealand and Multiple Victimisation using data collected from the NZCASS 2009...
New Zealand Police Release Annual Statistics 2010-2011
News 06 Oct 2011
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The New Zealand Police have released their annual statistics for the fiscal year 2010-11 ending 30th June 2011. Key family and sexual violence related statistics: Crime decreased 5.8% nationally Crime dropped substantially in Canterbury,...
Amnesty International Release Report on Sexual and Gender Based Violence in the Pacific
News 06 Oct 2011
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Amnesty International have released a report titled 'Where is the dignity in that? Women in the Solomon Islands slums denied sanitation and safety' to coincide with the hosting of the Pacific Island Forum in Auckland last month. Thr report...
Police Review Literature on Risk Assessment for Family Violence
News 06 Oct 2011
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The New Zealand Police have conducted an initial review of literature on assessing risk within the context of family violence. This review outlines: the approaches and tools used in family violence risk assessment the most common risk factors...
Minister Uses Valedictory Speech to Call for Debate Sexual Violence
News 06 Oct 2011
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Hon Minister Simon Power challenged Politicians to be bold in having debates on tough issues like sexual violence. In his speech to Parliament, Minister Power said that "It's our job to tackle the tough issues, the issues the public pays us to...
What's New from the Australian Domestic and Family Violence Clearinghouse
News 16 Sep 2011
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The Australian Domestic and Family Violence Clearinghouse has just released its latest 'whats new' e-bulletin full with great news, events, conferences and trainings. It also contains information of all new material posted up on the Australian...
New Women’s Refuge Opens in Hamilton
News 16 Sep 2011
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Hamilton’s Maori Women’s Refuge, Te Whakaruruhau has this week opened a second refuge in Hamilton. Te Whakaruruhau was established as New Zealand’s very first Maori Women’s Refuge. Male prisoners from the Maori Focus Unit, Te Ao Marama, at Waikeria...
Ethical Bystander Initiative Launches for Rugby World Cup
News 16 Sep 2011
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An ethical bystander initiative seeking to encourage people to intervene in sexual assaults has been launched by a collaborative group of Wellington agencies prior to the Rugby World Cup. The Wellington police, Wellington Sexual Abuse Network, Tū...
New Practice Brief on Responding to Children’s Disclosures of Abuse
News 16 Sep 2011
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The National Child Protection Clearinghouse at the Australian Institute of Family Studies has released a practice brief titled ‘Responding to children and young people’s disclosures of abuse.’ The seven page brief is aimed at providing friends,...
New Zealand Family Violence Clearinghouse Fees Bursaries Now Open
News 16 Sep 2011
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The NZFVC has announced that applications are now open to the NZFVC Fees Bursary Program, which will provide 4 students completing a MA (thesis) with a full fees bursary for their research in the area of family violence. If you are interested in...
Review of Campaigns Targeting Perpetrators finds “It’s Not Ok” Campaign in top two
News 16 Sep 2011
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The It’s Not Ok campaign has been included in a review of campaigns targeting perpetrators of intimate partner violence by Magdalena Cismaru and Anne M Lavack. The research has been published in the latest edition of the journal ‘Trauma, Violence...
‘Partner abuse common' in Report on disadvantaged youth
News 16 Sep 2011
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A new piece of research from the University of Bristol has highlighted higher than expected levels of violence within intimate relationships among youth outside the mainstream education system. The research was commissioned by UK based children’s...
Dr Linda Beckett talks about the Sexual Assault Assessment and Treatment Service
News 30 Aug 2011
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Dr Linda Beckett, Coordinator of the Sexual Assault Assessment and Treatment Service talks about the work of this Wellington-based service with Kathryn Ryan on Radio New Zealand’s Nine to Noon (29 August 2011). Contact Wellington Sexual Assault...
Children's Social Health Monitor Report released
News 30 Aug 2011
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Findings from The Children's Social Health Monitor 2011 Update released on 28 August 2011 show hospital admissions arising from "assault, neglect or maltreatment" were 5.6 times higher for those in the most deprived areas of New Zealand. The report ...
Australian Institute of Family Studies amalgates Clearinghouses; latest newsletter
News 30 Aug 2011
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The Australian Family Relationships Clearinghouse has just released the newest edition of its newsletter Family Relationships Quarterly. This will be the last newsletter published under the AFRC banner as the AFRC and a number of other Australian...
What is Whānau Ora and how does it apply to the Family Court?
News 17 Aug 2011
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The Minister Responsible for Whānau Ora Tariana Turia spoke on Whānau Ora and its application within the Family Court context at the National Family Court Judges Conference on 4 August 2011. Read the Minister's speech Photo: iStockPhoto
Copyright, disclaimer, security and privacy
Page 10 Aug 2011
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Copyright Statement © New Zealand Family Violence Clearinghouse 2011. Material featured on this website is subject to University of Auckland copyright protection unless otherwise indicated. The University of Auckland copyright protected material may...
Focus on family violence in The Aucklander - cover story
News 04 Aug 2011
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The Family Violence Clearinghouse is described as "a trove of information" as The Aucklander's cover story discusses the complex causes of domestic violence in New Zealand and the importance of prevention along with crisis services. The article...
Family violence indicators released
News 04 Aug 2011
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This set of indicators related to family violence was developed during 2010 for the Taskforce for Action on Violence within Families.The indicators represent the first step in regular reporting back to the Taskforce to monitor the level of family...