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- Coming forward: The underreporting of heterosexist violence and same sex partner abuse in Victoria
23 December 2008
Coming forward, by William Leonard, Anne Mitchell, Sunil Patel and Christopher Fox and published by the Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society at Latrobe University, reports on the responses of 390 gay, lesbian, bisexual, transsexual and transgender (GLBT) Victorians to an online survey asking them about their experiences of heterosexist violence and same sex partner abuse. - Human Trafficking Working Group
11 December 2008
This website forms part of a collaborative research project by The University of Queensland’s TC Beirne School of Law and The University of British Columbia Faculty of Law and Centre of International Relations on the phenomenon of trafficking persons, exploitation of foreign workers in the sex industry and other forms of forced labour in Australia and Canada. The website provides an entry point for information on trafficking in persons to Australia and includes background documents, case reports, relevant legislation, as well as publications and presentations by the Working Group. Relevant statistics relating to trafficking prosecutions and victims of trafficking are also available. - Violence against Women in Melanesia and East Timor
10 December 2008
This report, released by AusAID's Office of Development Effectiveness, reveals that women in the Asia-Pacific region are victims of high levels of domestic and sexual violence. The report provides a framework to address violence against women by increasing women's access to justice and support services and changing attitudes and practices that encourage and condone violence.
Download the report. - Violence Prevention Evidence Base and Resources
9 December 2008
Geared towards policy-makers and violence prevention researchers, practitioners and advocates, this website provides information on effective violence prevention programs available in a searchable web-based data base.
For more information go to their: website. - White Ribbon Day
18 November 2008
Reminder about White Ribbon Day, an international day for the elimination of violence against women. It is being held on 25 November 2008, with events taking place all around Australia. To find out more about White Ribbon Day and to get involved, visit their website. - ACSSA Publications Release
10 November 2008
ACSSA Wrap No.6 November 2008 - Responding to young people disclosing sexual assault: A resource for schools.
This paper is about young people's experiences of sexual assault, the barriers they face to disclosing such experiences, the process of disclosure for young people, what you and your school can do to support somebody who has disclosed sexual assault and why it is so important to provide positive and supportive responses.
Aware: ACSSA Newsletter No. 19 2008 - articles include:
Recent research; Resource reviews; Research report on the Jacaranda Project; Feature article on Wartime rape: Collective memory and the law; and Literature highlights. - Men's Role in Preventing Men's Violence
Against Women forum
24 October 2008
The Australilan Domestic and Family Violence Clearinghouse is joining the Australian Centre for the Study of Sexual Assault in hosting a symposium on men's violence prevention on November 20th. Professor Bob Pease (Chair of Social Work, Deakin University) and a panel of experts will discuss issues around the value of engaging men in men's violence prevention work, the complexities and pitfalls, as well as future directions.
RSVP by 13 November 2008. Contact Haley Clark on (03) 9214 7878.
- Official Launch of the CASA House SAPPSS Program Report
A report on the Sexual Assault Prevention Program for Secondary Schools will be launched on 23 October at the Queen Victoria Women's Centre, Melbourne. For more information contact: casa@thewomens.org.au
20 October 2008 - Cycle to Break the Cycle
17 October 2008
Cycle to Break the Cycle
Cycle to Break the Cycle is a corporate cycling challenge which aims to raise awareness and financial support to break the cycle of domestic violence against women and their families. The date of the event for 2008 is Tues 25 November, to be part of White Ribbon Day. - 10 Year Plan to address Indigenous Family Violence
14 October 2008
Strong Culture, Strong Peoples, Strong Families - towards a safer future for Indigenous families and communities
The plan is the result of considerable collaborative effort and commitment by the Indigenous Family Violence Partnership Forum. The Forum consists of Indigenous community representatives from the 10 regions across the state, Indigenous organisations and senior representatives from government departments. - Respecting Women
13 October 2008
Respecting Women and Leading Men, White Ribbon Foundation Address
Address by the Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd - Reducing the cycle of violence against women
13 October 2008
Reducing the cycle of violence against women
Media release from Tanya Plibersek, Minister for Housing and Minister for the Status of Women - New website
1 October 2008
Getting Free From Abuse - A Guide for Women with Disabilities
Developed by the Domestic Violence Resource Centre, the guide is based on information gathered from interviewing women with disabilities about their personal experiences of surviving violence. - PM hits at 'great silent crime'
1 October 2008
Brendan Nicholson, Canberra
The Age September 18, 2008
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has declared violence against women "the great silent crime of our time" and warned that the attitudes of men must be changed.
http://www.theage.com.au/national/pm-hits-at-great-silent-crime-20080917-4ion.html - New prostitution rules will protect trafficked women
1 October 2008
UK Home Office
September 22, 2008
The Home Secretary has announced plans to shift legal responsibility to those who pay for sex when the prostitute involved has been forced into that role.
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/about-us/news/new-prostitution-rules - A bold challenge to the grim crime of sexual slavery
1 October 2008
Nicholas Kristof, The Age
September 28, 2008
World leaders paraded through New York last week for a UN General Assembly reviewing their (lack of) progress in fighting global poverty. That's urgent and necessary, but what they aren't talking enough about is one of the grimmest of all manifestations of poverty - sex trafficking.
http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/a-bold-challenge-to-the-grim-crime-of-sexual-slavery-20080927-4pbp.html - Footy fans support players' sex lives
1 October 2008
ScienceAlert
September 30, 2008
Female footy fans believe that factors such as obsessive women, alcohol and team culture encourage players' sexual misconduct.
http://www.sciencealert.com.au/news/20083009-18233-2.html - New ACSSA publications
29 September 2008
ACSSA AWARE Newsletter No. 18, 2008 - articles include:
An interview with author Dr Jan Jordan; a look at the SADA project (Sexual Assault in Disability and Aged care Action Strategy) service profile; a review of Joanna Bourke's Rape: A History From 1860 to the Present and more...
ACCSA Issues No. 9, 2008 - Sexual assault and adults with a disability: Enabling recognition, disclosure and a just response by Suellen Murray and Anastasia Powell - AIFS Seminar
17 September 2008
Social Mobility as the Engine of Inclusion, presented by Professor Alan Hayes, Director of the Australian Institute of Family Studies.
A free public seminar on Wednesday 24 September 2008, 11:30am - 12:30pm (please arrive by 11:20am)
For more information please visit: http://www.aifs.gov.au/institute/seminars/seminars.html#next - Aboriginal Family Violence and Sexual Assault Training
15 September 2008
Rural Responses to Family Violence and Sexual Assault in Aboriginal Communities
25-26 September 2008, Bendigo, VIC; Information and Registration brochure
Aboriginal Family Violence and Sexual Assault Core Training
29 September-1 October 2008, Bendigo, VIC; Information and Registration brochure
*Note that places are limited and that all registrations need to be received by 22 September. - Reclaim the Night - A Women's Annual Global March to Protest Men's Sexual Violence
15 September 2008
This event takes place at the end of October. For further information see: http://www.isis.aust.com/rtn/ - Nearly One in Five Young Women in the US Have Experienced Forced Intercourse
15 September 2008
New research from Child Trends finds that 18 percent of women age 18 to 24 report having experienced forced sexual intercourse at least once in their lives.
http://www.childtrends.org/_docdisp_page.cfm?LID=C3C22FC4-C67A-49BB-AB6D3670DAFD48B3 - NSW Police solving 'fewer sex crimes'
15 September 2008
ABC News, 10 September 2008
New statistics show the New South Wales Police's success rate at solving sexual assaults has plummeted.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2360786.htm - Fight, flight, freeze
15 September 2008
Amanda Gearing, ONLINE opinion
1 September 2008
The church's philosophy of putting priests on a pedestal and the teaching that everyone must 'forgive' those who wrong them is an ideal environment for child abusers.
http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=7834 - Understanding & Preventing Domestic Violence Symposium
3 September 2008
The Symposium is hosted by Griffith University's Key Centre for Ethics, Law, Justice and Governance and the Violence Research Program.
Friday 12 September 2008 at Rydges Hotel, South Bank, Brisbane, QLD
For further information and registration: http://tinyurl.com/6nkzqy - AIFS Seminar
2 September 2008
Think Child, Think Family, Think Community: Building the Capacity of Adult Services to Respond to the Needs of Vulnerable Children. Presented by Professor Dorothy Scott (Australian Centre for Child Protection).
A free public seminar on Thursday 11 September 2008 at the State Library of Victoria, Melbourne.
For more information please visit: http://www.aifs.gov.au/institute/seminars/seminars.html#next - Expendable humans
2 September 2008
Harry Throssell, Online Opinion
August 25 2008
Trafficking people is very much alive and well - or alive and sick - around the world, with Australia a lucrative market.
http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=7809 - Media release - Helping victims of crime have their say
2 September 2008
Issued: August 28 2008
The Iemma Government is moving to make it easier for victims of violent crimes to present their victim impact statements in NSW courts, Attorney General John Hatzistergos announced.
http://tinyurl.com/5zxjzz - Woman's rape 'not reported'
2 September 2008
Julia Medew, The Age
August 28, 2008
A Melbourne abortion specialist was one of several health professionals who did not report the rape of a severely intellectually disabled woman when the perpetrator was insisting on the termination of her pregnancy, a tribunal has heard.
http://www.theage.com.au/national/womans-rape-not-reported-20080827-441y.html - Serial rapist given longer jail term
2 September 2008
The Age, August 19 2008
A serial rapist has been sentenced to 12 years in jail in South Australia over two rapes committed 17 years ago.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/19/2339920.htm?section=justin
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