First Nations experts say Closing the Gap family violence target will not be met without more funding
10 months, 1 week ago

First Nations experts say Closing the Gap family violence target will not be met without more funding

ABC  

First Nations women are being killed at up to 12 times the national average — one of the highest homicide rates in the world. Target 13 calls for the rate of all family violence against Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and children to be reduced by at least 50 per cent by 2031, on the path towards zero. "As Indigenous women fighting against violence, we never want to feel defeated so we're very hopeful," she told ABC News Breakfast. "Indigenous women's services are turning away many women who need urgent help to escape violence," she said. Jacqualine Elwell is a victim-survivor and domestic violence prevention advocate who said she was treated like a "battered woman" when she presented to a women's shelter.

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The murders of Aboriginal women are too often ignored. Is now the moment for real change?
10 months, 3 weeks ago

The murders of Aboriginal women are too often ignored. Is now the moment for real change?

ABC  

In what can feel like a never-ending loop, Australians are marching for justice for women whose lives have been snatched away by violent men. Family and domestic violence support services: If you need help immediately call emergency services on 000 13YARN: 13 92 76, to speak with an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Crisis Supporter 1800 Respect National Helpline: 1800 …

Advocates question federal government's $194 million to address domestic violence in First Nations communities
1 year, 10 months ago

Advocates question federal government's $194 million to address domestic violence in First Nations communities

ABC  

In the past two years, Chay Brown has lost three of her friends to domestic violence. "In 2021, the Northern Territory had around seven times the rate of domestic and family violence-related homicides, seven times the national rate that is," Dr Brown said. For Gudanji, Garuwa, Yunuwa and Marra woman Margaret Allwood — who runs the women's safe house in …

What can we expect from Australia's first domestic violence commissioner Micaela Cronin?
2 years, 4 months ago

What can we expect from Australia's first domestic violence commissioner Micaela Cronin?

ABC  

The new domestic, family, and sexual violence commissioner will use her second week in the role to visit Alice Springs and Darwin in the Northern Territory to hear from women and children who have experienced abuse. Key points: Australia's first domestic violence commissioner was appointed last month Micaela Cronin says it's important to "listen directly" to communities She plans to …

NT Police superintendent acknowledges agency failures in domestic violence responses
2 years, 4 months ago

NT Police superintendent acknowledges agency failures in domestic violence responses

ABC  

The woman leading an audit of the Northern Territory police force's response to domestic violence has acknowledged "clear" mistakes and victim blaming are among its past failings. Key points: Kirsten Engels says NT Police have failed in the past when responding to some domestic violence incidents She is leading an audit into NT Police's handling of investigations into intimate partner …

New figures show problem of family and domestic violence growing in Northern Territory
2 years, 8 months ago

New figures show problem of family and domestic violence growing in Northern Territory

ABC  

The Northern Territory has experienced another jump in domestic violence cases, with those on the frontline warning it will take a "lot of work" to turn the situation around. Key points: Domestic and family violence cases have jumped for the third year in a row Organisations say the cause of these increases don't capture the full story The ABS noted …

NT Minister 'heartbroken' over lack of national attention of alleged Indigenous domestic violence deaths
2 years, 8 months ago

NT Minister 'heartbroken' over lack of national attention of alleged Indigenous domestic violence deaths

ABC  

The Northern Territory's police minister says the deaths of a 30-year-old Indigenous woman and her infant child in an alleged domestic violence incident "should be all over the news" and she is "heartbroken that it's not." She said providing the whole picture was also important because it helped the public understand domestic violence deaths "are not one off acts of …

The Indigenous people killed by police in Australia
2 years, 9 months ago

The Indigenous people killed by police in Australia

Al Jazeera  

After recent trials in which police officers have been acquitted, Indigenous Australians ask ‘when are they going to stop killing us’? Had the charges led to a conviction, Rolfe would have been the first police officer in the country’s history to be found guilty for the death of an Indigenous person. After the acquittal, Warlpiri Elder Ned Jampijinpa Hargraves publicly …

Police are still misjudging domestic violence and victims are suffering the consequences
2 years, 11 months ago

Police are still misjudging domestic violence and victims are suffering the consequences

ABC  

Lee*, who lives with her boyfriend in suburban Melbourne, reaches breaking point one day and finally calls the police. A major issue is that police attending domestic violence callouts frequently take an "incident based" approach, Ms Matthews said; they look for evidence of criminal offending without necessarily delving deeper into a couple's history of coercive control, a gendered pattern of …

Australia urged to take action amid rising violence against women
5 years ago

Australia urged to take action amid rising violence against women

Al Jazeera  

Family violence service providers face funding cuts and closures even as one woman is killed every week. At least 80 organisations have signed a letter by the Australian Women Against Violence Alliance and Fair Agenda to call for “urgent and immediate changes to improve women’s safety”. “Women who have survived domestic violence won’t seek police help if they think they …

Why are our prisons full of domestic violence victims?
6 years, 3 months ago

Why are our prisons full of domestic violence victims?

ABC  

The number of women in prison is continuing to soar, new data shows. "Family violence is the biggest contributor to women's homelessness but homelessness in turn is a huge driver of women's offending," said Elena Campbell. One emerging but "alarming" phenomenon leading to women's criminalisation, lawyers and advocates say, is the growing number of domestic violence victims being misidentified by …

Domestic violence prevention brings together Indigenous men and women in outback community
6 years, 8 months ago

Domestic violence prevention brings together Indigenous men and women in outback community

ABC  

"When you're dealing with segregation, oppression, high unemployment and low income, there are a lot of men who feel like they can't support their families. This is how Brendon Adams, a community leader in the far western New South Wales town of Wilcannia, explains the complex factors behind domestic violence in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. Service manager of …

Indigenous women travel to Canberra to draw attention to family violence
7 years ago

Indigenous women travel to Canberra to draw attention to family violence

ABC  

Aboriginal women from Alice Springs have travelled to Canberra to deliver a defiant message — they are deeply worried about assaults of women in their communities, and they urgently need more support to make it stop. Key points: Tangentyere Women's Family Safety Group will stage a sit-down at Parliament House Some members of the group have been victims of domestic …

Calls for overhaul of violence prevention programs for Indigenous men and boys
7 years, 4 months ago

Calls for overhaul of violence prevention programs for Indigenous men and boys

ABC  

Australia needs to overhaul violence prevention programs for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men and boys, Indigenous doctors say. "Men do need to lead this, because it's men who are the main perpetrators of violence," Healing Foundation chief executive Richard Weston said. The paper said there had been "little opportunity for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women to influence the …

Indigenous leaders demand action on violence against Aboriginal women 'crisis'
8 years, 4 months ago

Indigenous leaders demand action on violence against Aboriginal women 'crisis'

ABC  

Three outspoken Indigenous women have joined forces to call for national action to address the shocking rates of violence against Aboriginal women. Key points: Marcia Langton wants to see a national taskforce established Jacinta Price says political correctness should not stop issue being addressed Josephine Cashman says current responses focus too much on perpetrators rather than victims of violence Aboriginal …

Aboriginal women's lives really do matter
8 years, 10 months ago

Aboriginal women's lives really do matter

ABC  

It shouldn't require Four Corners to expose the failure of our justice system in dealing with domestic violence towards Aboriginal women. To protect women like Lynette, our justice system needs to heed the evidence at hand and we need urgent investment in the services for the safety of Aboriginal women - including Aboriginal Family Violence Prevention Legal Services, women's refugees …

Domestic violence conference in Canberra told Indigenous women invisible in broken system
9 years, 3 months ago

Domestic violence conference in Canberra told Indigenous women invisible in broken system

ABC  

Delegates at a domestic violence prevention conference in Canberra have been told Indigenous women victims are being "systemically silenced" by a broken system and inadequate representation. "The responses that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women get for when they finally do get up the courage to report that violence are really poor from police and from mainstream services," Antoinette Braybrook, …

Trivialising and excusing violence against women
10 years, 6 months ago

Trivialising and excusing violence against women

ABC  

Community attitudes on violence against women are an important barometer on gender relations - unfortunately, Australia has again shown it has a long way to go, writes Kristin Diemer. The latest National Community Attitudes Survey on Violence against Women, released today, shows that most measures of community understanding and attitudes on violence against women have not improved in Australia in …

Indigenous health and domestic violence agencies fear they may fold following budget changes
10 years, 6 months ago

Indigenous health and domestic violence agencies fear they may fold following budget changes

ABC  

Indigenous health and domestic violence agencies say they are grappling with how to save their services from folding under Federal Government budget changes. Indigenous women more likely to experience family violence But Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander community leaders say the budget has created funding chaos and threatens long-term damage to outcomes for clients. National convenor of the Family Violence …

Violence against indigenous women and the twofold challenge
11 years, 11 months ago

Violence against indigenous women and the twofold challenge

Al Jazeera  

Karmen is a Wayuu indigenous woman from Colombia. Even throughout our own indigenous communities, women are excluded from the decision-making process, unable to lobby or build towards better representation and ultimately implementing strategic plans developed for and by indigenous women. Preserving our culture The United Nations and the Organization of American States have monitored indigenous women in Latin America for …

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