NOTEPAD
New partnership with
The Healing Foundation
ANROWS Notepad | 30 May 2019
ANROWS partners with The Healing Foundation to support workforce development in Queensland
A new partnership between The Healing Foundation and ANROWS will support Queensland’s domestic and family violence sector through a series of industry-led initiatives aimed at strengthening the workforce and its practice. Funded by the Queensland Government, the service will deliver workforce planning and development initiatives to support enhanced quality and consistency in domestic and family violence service provision across the state. The partnership will deliver the first comprehensive workforce planning exercise to be undertaken for this sector in Queensland.
The Healing Foundation CEO Richard Weston said that the partnership will deliver a unique Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander led mainstream service, ensuring both strong, nationally recognised Indigenous leadership and a solution which integrates cultural diversity at its core.
ANROWS CEO Heather Nancarrow said: “This year’s theme for National Reconcilation Week is ‘Grounded in Truth, Walk Together in Courage’. ANROWS welcomes the opportunity to bring this theme to life through our new partnership with The Healing Foundation, and we look forward to working with the Queensland Government and the domestic and family violence sector, supporting them in their commitment to achieving the best possible outcomes for those who need their services.”
Young people as agents of change in preventing violence against women
The Hon Di Farmer, MP, Minister for Youth and the Prevention of Domestic and Family Violence, was with survivor-advocate Saxon Mullins and youth ambassadors from the R4Respect program at Balmoral State High School in Brisbane last week for the launch of Young people as agents of change in preventing violence against women, an ANROWS research report by Dr Karen Struthers, Ms Natalie Parmenter and Prof Clare Tilbury.
The R4Respect youth ambassadors have produced a Peer Education Guide that aims to empower other young people to help shift those attitudes. As Saxon Mullins, 2018 Recipient of the Young People’s Human Rights Medal, said to the attendees, “I truly believe everyone wants to be good. If we give them the tools and the resources to do so, nothing can stop us”.
Welcoming Intercultural Families (WIN) hosts Safer Pathways for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Families forum in Rockhampton
ANROWS Research Officer, Dr Maria Koleth, presented at the Welcoming Intercultural Neighbours (WIN) “Safer Pathways for CALD Families” forum in Rockhampton on 10 May 2019. The forum connected service providers, government and non-government organisations and community members who work with CALD communities Central Queensland. As one of the 26 projects involved in the ANROWS Culturally And Linguistically Diverse Projects with Action Research (CALD PAR) initiative, WIN has been taking an action research approach to increase CALD families’ knowledge of services and referral pathways through events, resources and a support group. The ANROWS presentation at the forum drew on the early findings of CALD PAR projects to highlight key contextual factors and strategies for working in prevention of violence against women and to create safer pathways to crisis and support services for CALD communities.
Find out more about the CALD PAR initiative on the ANROWS website.
Violence against women sector exchange – Townsville
ANROWS CEO Heather Nancarrow was in Townsville recently to participate in an information exchange co-hosted with Ms Cathy Crawford, Director of The Women’s Centre, Townsville. In line with the call to action from the 2018 COAG Summit to respond better to sexual violence (as a form of domestic and family violence, and as a separate crime), the forum focused on the issue of sexual assault. Local practitioners and managers shared information including details about the Sexual Assault Response Team (SART) interagency model of service delivery, a model which provides a coordinated, wrap-a-round, 24-hour support service for victims of sexual assault that reflect Queensland Government Interagency Guidelines.
New research & resources
Publications – Australia
PWC (2018). Our Watch, Our Journey: Independent summative evaluation of Our Watch.
Ovenden, G., Salter, M., Ullman, J., Denson, N., Robinson, K., Noonan, K., Bansel, P., Huppatz, K. (2019). Gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer men’s attitudes and experiences of intimate partner violence and sexual assault, Sexualities and Genders Research, Western Sydney University and ACON.
End Rape on Campus (2018). The red zone report: An investigation into sexual violence and hazing in Australian university residential campuses.
Tarzia L., Thuraisingam, S., Novy, K., Valpied, J, Quake R., & Hegarty, K. (2018). Exploring the relationships between sexual violence, mental health and perpetrator identity: a cross-sectional Australian primary care study, BMC Public Health, 18: 1410.
Noble‐Carr, D, Moore, T, McArthur, M. (2019). Children’s experiences and needs in relation to domestic and family violence: Findings from a meta‐synthesis. Child & Family Social Work. 2019; 1– 10.
Taylor, N., Riggs, D. W., Donovan, C., Signal, T., & Fraser, H. (2018). People of diverse genders and/or sexualities caring for and protecting animal companions in the context of domestic violence. Violence Against Women.
Bendlin, M., & Sheridan, L. (2019). Risk factors for severe violence in intimate partner stalking situations: An analysis of police records. Journal of Interpersonal Violence.
Karystianis G., Adily A., Schofield P.W., Greenberg D., Jorm L., Nenadic G., & Butler T. (2019). Automated analysis of domestic violence police reports to explore abuse types and victim injuries: Text mining study. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 21(3):e13067
Sutherland, G., Easteal, P., Holland, K., & Vaughan, C (2019). Mediated representations of violence against women in the mainstream news in Australia, BMC Public Health, 19: 502.
Publications – International
UNFPA (2019). Unfinished business: The pursuit of rights and choices for all.
Bader, D., Dawson, M., & Walters, D. (2019). Does gender affect the number and type of charges laid in intimate partner violence cases?, The British Journal of Criminology.
Mozley, M. M., Modrowski, C. A., & Kerig, P. K. (2019). Intimate partner violence in adolescence: Associations with perpetration trauma, rumination, and posttraumatic stress. Journal of Interpersonal Violence.
Hutschemaekers G.J.M., Zijlstra, E., de Bree, C., Lo Fo Wong, S., Lagro-Janssen, A. (2019). Similar yet unique: the victim’s journey after acute sexual assault and the importance of continuity of care. Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences.
Ross, N. M. (2019). Imagining a non-violent world “The Be the Peace, Make a Change Project”: A rural community peacebuilding initiative to end gender-based violence. Peace and Conflict Studies, 26(1), Article 2.
Shaw, J. and Lee, H. (2019). Race and the Criminal Justice System Response to Sexual Assault: A Systematic Review. American Journal of Community Psychology.
Moore, C. L., & Van Vliet, K. J. (2019). Women’s experiences of nature as a pathway to recovery from sexual assault. Journal of Humanistic Psychology.
Massey, K., Horvath, M. A. H., Essafi, S., & Majeed-Ariss, R. (2019). The impacts and emotional tolls of working with traumatised people.The Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology. 50 free copies of the article are available here.
Miltz A.R, Lampe F.C, Bacchus L.J, McCormack S, Dunn D, White E, Rodger A, Phillips A.N, Sherr L, Clarke A, McOwan A, Sullivan A, & Gafos M. (2019). Intimate partner violence, depression, and sexual behaviour among gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men in the PROUD trial. BMC Public Health.
Chan, K. L., Chen, Q., & Chen, M. (2019). Prevalence and correlates of the co-occurrence of family violence: A meta-analysis on family polyvictimization. Trauma, Violence, & Abuse.
Francis, L., & Pearson, D. (2019). The recognition of emotional abuse: Adolescents’ responses to warning signs in romantic relationships. Journal of Interpersonal Violence.
Levmore, S., & Nussbaum, M.C. (2018). Unreported sexual assault, Nebraska Law Review, 97(3): 607-627.
Australia
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Participants in ‘Is This Sexual Harassment?’ learn where to draw the line
Third of women “taken advantage of sexually” while drunk or high
Women, it’s not your fault – not if you’re alone, not if it’s night. Never.
Violence against women isn’t a sports issue, but a societal one
‘This is about men’s behaviour’: Assistant Commissioner on Courtney Herron’s death
To design safer parks for women, city planners must listen to their stories
Aboriginal mothers are incarcerated at alarming rates – and their mental and physical health suffers
An open letter to Marise Payne, our new Minister for Women
Why Aboriginal voices need to be front and centre in the disability Royal Commission
International
Tehran University Student Speaks Out Against “Virginity Tests,” Inhumane Interrogation Methods
Pakistan authorities record a dozen cases of ‘honour’ killing in a fortnight
Spain: Study reveals higher educated women slow to report domestic violence
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RMIT University is offering the Inder Kaur Resilience Scholarship for female RMIT students who can demonstrate disadvantage; worth up to $5000 per year. Preference will be given to migrant women who are survivors of family violence.
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