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Oranga Tamariki news and updates
Ngāi Tahu signs MOU with Oranga Tamariki - Ministry for Children
Survey on at-risk young people leaving care
O Le Tōfā Mamao - Samoan Family Violence Training
New research project to look at family and sexual violence for Māori
Petition: Fully fund sexual violence support and prevention services in Budget 2019
Media continues to highlight workplace sexual harassment
Job Vacancy at Migrant Action Trust: Trust Manager
Weekly Media Roundup
Cabinet papers released on new joint venture approach to addressing FV and SV
Family and Sexual Violence Work Programme Update – November 2018
Terms of reference for inquiry into abuse in care finalised; panelists appointed
Government funding Whānau Resilience services
New Out West Meeting (NOW) Meeting: What is Empowered Communities?
Community Research: Indigenous Evaluation Webinar
Te Hiringa Tamariki – The Vitality of Children
DecemberOranga Tamariki news and updates
Ngāi Tahu signs MOU with Oranga Tamariki - Ministry for Children
Survey on at-risk young people leaving care
O Le Tōfā Mamao - Samoan Family Violence Training
New research project to look at family and sexual violence for Māori
Petition: Fully fund sexual violence support and prevention services in Budget 2019
Media continues to highlight workplace sexual harassment
Job Vacancy at Migrant Action Trust: Trust Manager
Weekly Media Roundup
Cabinet papers released on new joint venture approach to addressing FV and SV
Family and Sexual Violence Work Programme Update – November 2018
Terms of reference for inquiry into abuse in care finalised; panelists appointed
Government funding Whānau Resilience services
New Out West Meeting (NOW) Meeting: What is Empowered Communities?
Community Research: Indigenous Evaluation Webinar
Te Hiringa Tamariki – The Vitality of Children
Weekly Media Roundup
He Ora Tangata: Report of the Government Inquiry into Mental Health and Addiction
Term 1 2019 Parenting Courses at Lifewise Family Services
Plunket Parenting Through Separation Courses
White Ribbon campaign and 16 days of activism against gender-based violence 2018
Report: NZ Youth and Porn
Grow: Introducing the Skills Toolbox
New Zealand Diploma in Child Protection 2019 - Enrolments Open
He Ora Tangata: Report of the Government Inquiry into Mental Health and Addiction
Term 1 2019 Parenting Courses at Lifewise Family Services
Plunket Parenting Through Separation Courses
White Ribbon campaign and 16 days of activism against gender-based violence 2018
Report: NZ Youth and Porn
Grow: Introducing the Skills Toolbox
New Zealand Diploma in Child Protection 2019 - Enrolments Open
Power of Technology to help us fight family and domestic violence
July 31, 2013 at 1:39 PM
The Deputy Secretary-General of the UN Jan Eliasson has spoken of harnessing the power of technology to prevent violence against women and girls. Case in point was of the young Pakistani girl Malala Yousafzai who was shot by Taliban for going to school. Thousands of tweets were recorded from around the globe after she spoke at a Youth Assembly held in the UN.
Close to home, Making Waves bulletin shared a news piece last week of a domestic violence survivor who resorted to Facebook to seek help and alert police to her own trauma. Her partner had beaten her and left her home cut off from any means of her communication.
You can download and read the UN news release by the New Head of UN Women here
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