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Service provider update; new MSD approach to funding family violence services
Pathways to resilience - Friendship House Annual Family Harm and DV Conference
Activate! The Social Services Conference – SSPA
What has happened to you? Changing how we think about family violence and justice
Government announces sexual violence justice package of reforms
Waka Oranga: Finding the Healer Within
Care and Support for Dads in Professional Practice
PANUI: Alcohol in our West Auckland community - korero and collective action
Inquiry into abuse in care: Chair resigns, concerns raised, first public hearing set
Responding effectively to victims of domestic violence
2019 E Tū Whānau song competition open for entries
Submissions open on abortion law reform bill
Weekly Media Roundup
Family violence and sexual violence service provider update - August 2019
TOAH-NNEST Tauiwi Prevention Webinar
Māori Inquiry into Oranga Tamariki: Next phase, call for feedback
VSA Volunteering Opportunity: Family Sexual Violence Specialist
Free Adolescent Sexual Harm Workshop
The Incredible Years Parenting Programme
Job vacancy at the Women's Centre Waitakere: Part-time counsellor
Volunteers wanted for confidential research study
Compassion-Based Trauma Resolution Professional Development Training
Child Matters Workshops
Weekly Media Roundup
December 18, 2014 at 10:53 AM
Younger men use violence:
An increasing number of younger men are using violence against family members - "mostly mums" - a specialist family violence agency says.
Of about 190 men listed on family violence police incident reports in North Canterbury in a 12-month period, 23 were aged 15 to 19. The majority, about 30 per cent, were aged between 20 and 29, and five were under 15.
NZ's Hidden Abuse:
A CONFERENCE to examine recommendations made following a critical report into the widespread abuse of disabled people here was yesterday streamed live nationwide.
A local working group made up of social, health and community groups commissioned a report into the problem last year and sought lottery funding to address the situation.
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You can access the full report here...
LA Kings defenceman charged for domestic violence:
Slava Voynov's wife told police the Los Angeles Kings defenceman hit, choked and pushed her into a television in their bedroom during a fight in October, an officer testified on Monday (Tuesday NZT).
Operation undeway to reduce family violence this Christmas:
Waitemata Police operation underway to reduce family violence this Christmas.
For the past four years, Waitemata Police have seen an increased number of family violence incidents in December and January. Money worries, the Christmas season and family pressures are thought to be behind the rise, and Waitemata Police have launched a specific operation that aims to reduce family violence this festive season.
More work against violence needed:
A new global report on violence prevention shows New Zealand is ticking the right boxes, but there is still work to be done, a domestic violence expert says.
Jointly published by the World Health Organisation, the United Nations Development Programme and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, the report reflects data from 133 countries, including New Zealand, covering 88 percent of the world's population.
Attitude adjustment solution to abuse:
Ankle monitors and tighter alcohol regulations will not help prevent family violence, says Wairarapa's leading violence prevention agency, adding greater risk assessment in the court system, education and changed male attitudes are better solutions.
Bryce Edwards: New Zealand's war on the poor:
Under capitalism there's always going to be a war against the poor. The process by which we divide up the resources of any society normally involves exploiting the majority for the benefit of the minority.
