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   Weekly Media Roundup
   Risk assessment in the context of intimate partner violence – Theory to Practice
   MSD's FVSV Update September 2023
   Henderson Heroes
   ACC - Integrated Services for Sensitive Claims: Information sessions for contract updates
   Te Puaruruhau - Sexual Harm Conference October 2023 – Auckland
   Safeguarding Children training - Child Protection Leads – Online
   Weekly Media Roundup
   Lifewise Parenting Courses for Term Four 2023
   Child Protection in the context of Family Violence - ECLIPSE – Online
   Submissions open on bills on family and sexual violence
   Job vacancies at Te Kupenga: Whakatinana/Implementation Kaimahi
   Weekly Media Roundup
   Family Action – new premises, rooms for hire, capacity for referrals
   Young People and Pornography/Online Sexual Content workforce training for FV/SV services
   Shine RESPOND - Level 3 Specialist: Men Who Use Violence: Drivers, Impacts and Interventions
   Deepening reporting practice to prevent violence against women and girls with disabilities
   International Youth Day — youth voices, engagement and activism
   Sharing Practice – Working with Resistance and Backlash – Webinar
   NZFVC: Sexual violence justice updates
   Child Protection Training - Auckland Region
   Shine RESPOND - Level 3 - Advanced 2-day training – Auckland
   Sexual Harm Conference October 2023
   Shine RESPOND - Level 1 - Introductory training – Online
   Weekly Media Roundup

Weekly Media Roundup

October 30, 2014 at 11:53 AM

Pregnant woman who embedded knife in partners head sentenced:

A jealous pregnant woman who hurled a knife at her partner that embedded in his forehead has today been sentenced to four months' home detention and 150 hours of community work.

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Specialist escapes assault conviction:

A cardiologist who attacked his male partner, smashing a wine bottle over his head, has escaped conviction partly because of a shortage of specialists in his area.

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Violence during pregnancy risk studied:

Pregnant Maori women who experience domestic violence are more likely to face potential problems trying to get health care, according to a study by researchers at the University of Auckland.

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Solomon's record on violence under UN spotlight:

The Solomon Islands' record on women's rights will be under the United Nations spotlight this Friday in Geneva.

The country recently updated its status with the UN Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, or CEDAW, joining 187 other countries.
New child poverty report shows NZ has made no progress:
 Child poverty rates in New Zealand are "stagnating", having barely changed since 2008, an international report by UNICEF says.

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