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Weekly Media Roundup
'Safe to Talk' sexual harm and violence helpline launched nationwide
Workshop: Engaging with Trauma
What are the Important dates for COGS Funding in 2018?
Parent Aid Waitakere: On-Call Casual Fieldworkers Wanted
Government appoints panel to review Whānau Ora
Developmental differences in children who have experienced adversity
2018 Like Minds, Like Mine Community Grants Fund
Free Wellbeing Support Groups
UN Committee reports on economic, social and cultural rights in New Zealand
Term 2 courses at the Auckland Women's Centre
Weekly Media Roundup
The Fono Community Service Open Day
Dayspring Trust Term 2 Programme
Trauma Informed, Outcome-Focused Workshop
Gender Attitudes Survey
Workshop: Working with Clients from a Refugee Background
Job Vacancy at Taranaki Safe Families Trust: Co-Ordinator
Pasefika Proud: Samoan Family Violence Training
Massey Community Fund
Open Door Breakfast on Homelessness
WDHB Health Excellence Awards: Vote for Waitakere Health Link!
Law Commission seeking submissions on Evidence Act and abortion law reform
Weekly Media Roundup
SSPA Alert: Social Workers and Pay Equity
'Safe to Talk' sexual harm and violence helpline launched nationwide
Workshop: Engaging with Trauma
What are the Important dates for COGS Funding in 2018?
Parent Aid Waitakere: On-Call Casual Fieldworkers Wanted
Government appoints panel to review Whānau Ora
Developmental differences in children who have experienced adversity
2018 Like Minds, Like Mine Community Grants Fund
Free Wellbeing Support Groups
UN Committee reports on economic, social and cultural rights in New Zealand
Term 2 courses at the Auckland Women's Centre
Weekly Media Roundup
The Fono Community Service Open Day
Dayspring Trust Term 2 Programme
Trauma Informed, Outcome-Focused Workshop
Gender Attitudes Survey
Workshop: Working with Clients from a Refugee Background
Job Vacancy at Taranaki Safe Families Trust: Co-Ordinator
Pasefika Proud: Samoan Family Violence Training
Massey Community Fund
Open Door Breakfast on Homelessness
WDHB Health Excellence Awards: Vote for Waitakere Health Link!
Law Commission seeking submissions on Evidence Act and abortion law reform
Weekly Media Roundup
SSPA Alert: Social Workers and Pay Equity
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
Category: News Media
