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- National Plan to Reduce Violence against Women and Children - extension of time for public responses
[posted 21 July 2008]
In order to receive input from as many community members and key stakeholders as possible, the National Council has extended the deadline for submissions to 5pm Eastern Standard Time on 31 July 2008.
For further information see:
http://www.ofw.facsia.gov.au/womens_safety_agenda/national_council_reduce_violence.htm - Education Centre Against Violence (ECAV) NSW Health has a new Aboriginal Program Area
[posted 21 July 2008]
For further information see:
http://www2.health.nsw.gov.au/ecav/Aboriginal/index.htm - Drink spikers face jail
[posted 21 July 2008]
The Age, 7 July 2008
New drink-spiking laws aim to protect young people from harm and sexual assault.
http://www.theage.com.au/national/drink-spikers-face-jail-20080707-32zq.html - Cardinal's conduct holds bitter lesson for abuse victims
[posted 21 July 2008]
Editorial
The Age July 9, 2008
http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/editorial/cardinals-conduct-holds-bitter-lesson-for-abuse-victims-20080708-3bsn.html?page=-1 - Sex slave couple's crimes 'heinous'
[posted 21 July 2008]
Sydney Morning Herald
July 14, 2008
A Sydney couple convicted of keeping sex slaves should receive a long jail term to deter others from such crimes, a judge has heard.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/sex-slave-couples-crimes-heinous/2008/07/14/1215887500431.html - Study finds rape-in-marriage horror
[posted 21 July 2008]
Adrian Lowe
The Age July 15, 2008
The author of a report which has revealed shocking details of rape within marriage in Victoria's north-east says she believes the problem is more widespread.
http://www.theage.com.au/national/study-finds-rapeinmarriage-horror-20080715-3fef.html - Downplaying date rape
[posted 21 July 2008]
Trevor Cook
Unleashed ABC, 15 July 2008
Date rape can be every bit as destructive and traumatic as other forms of sexual assault.
http://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/stories/s2303995.htm - Book Launch and Play
[posted 4 July 2008]
UNSW Press and Project Respect invite you to celebrate the release of Trafficked by Kathleen Maltzahn on Saturday July 12, 6pm at Fitzroy Town Hall Reading Room, 201 Napier St, Fitzroy 3065
RSVP : maltzahn@vicnet.net.au BOOKING ESSENTIAL : 03 9416 3401
The launch will be followed at 8pm by Prostitute: Who is She? A groundbreaking new performance that tells the experiences of trafficked women and other women in the sex industry in their words, on their terms. Presented by The Brunswick Women's Theatre and Project Respect - Free information forums in rural NSW
[posted 4 July 2008]
Free half day information forums are available for front line workers in Rural NSW on how to respond to someone who has been sexually assaulted.
http://www.nswrapecrisis.com.au/Van_Against_Violence/Training-FREE_SA_Training-Rural_NSW.htm - Tender for provision of services for the Support for Victims of People Trafficking Program
[posted 4 July 2008]
The Australian Government Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs invites suitably qualified and experienced organisations to tender for the provision of case management services for the Support for Victims of People Trafficking Program. The Service Provider will be required to deliver professional individualised case management services for clients on the Program. The time frame for the delivery of the above services will be for 12 months commencing in September 2008, with the possibility for extension.
Tender documentation may be obtained from the AusTender website. Tenders close at 2.00pm Canberra time on 25 July 2008.
See - https://www.tenders.gov.au/?event=public.atm.show&ATMUUID=7B4A498B-9BE5-CD65-10D5164797091596 - Indigenous men make collective apology over abuse
[posted 4 July 2008]
ABC News, 3 July 2008
Aboriginal men from across Australia have made a collective apology to women for past violence and abuse.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/07/03/2293532.htm - Seminar - Working with young people to develop ethical sexual lives
[posted 1 July 2008]
Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society 2008 Lunchtime Seminar Series - from 12.30pm at La Trobe University, City Campus, 215 Franklin Street, Melbourne on Friday 4 July.
Associate Professor Moira Carmody, Research Centre for Social Justice and Social Change, University of Western Sydney will report on the outcomes of her Young People and Sexual Ethics three year ARC research and education project.
For further information: Tel: 9285 5382; arcshs@latrobe.edu.au - New bibliography
[posted 30 June 2008]
A bibliography which looks at the issues of Homelessness, Family Violence and Sexual Assault has been added to the ACSSA website. - Community Based Information and Survey
[posted 17 June 2008]
Does your organisation provide secondary schools with 'Respectful/ Healthy Relationships' education?
VicHealth needs your help.
VicHealth has been commissioned by the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development (DEECD) to undertake a survey of secondary schools to collect information on "respectful relationships" and gender-based violence prevention education programs being delivered to young people. If your organisation provides secondary schools with Respectful Relationships and/or gender based violence prevention education programs, your help would be appreciated by completing a brief survey.
Further information and instructions on completing the survey [MS Word]. - Workshop
[posted 17 June 2008]
SARC are pleased to present a one day workshop with Dr Grant Devilly on the Treatment of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder on August 28, East Perth, WA.
For further information and registration form for this workshop download this flyer [PDF] - New Education and Training Calendar
[posted 20 June 2008]
The Sexual Assault Resource Centre (SARC) in WA provides workshops for health and welfare workers, medical and emergency staff, police, Indigenous workers and those working with sexually abused clients. Their latest training calendar and registration form can be accessed from the ACSSA website training page. - New Report Launch
[posted 20 June 2008]
Women's Health Goulburn North East, supported by Upper Murray CASA invite you to the launch of 'Raped by a Partner: A research report' on Tuesday, July 15th, 2008 at the Benalla Art Gallery, Bridge Road, Benalla, Vic.
For further information see: http://www.whealth.com.au/ourwork/intimate_partner_rape.html - Film review
[posted 20 June 2008]
Tim Kroenert, assistant editor of Eureka Street, reviews Unfinished Sky, the story of a widowed Australian farmer who takes in an Afghani woman who has fled from a brothel after a brutal assault.
http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/article.aspx?aeid=7725 - New website
[posted 20 June 2008]
SADA - Sexual Assault in Disability and Aged Care
This website has been developed as a resource for residential disability and aged-care services in New South Wales. - Drunkenness fuels sex attacks - Police say drunk girls risking rape
[posted 20 June 2008]
Bronwyn Cummings and Kim Powell
News.com.au, June 12, 2008
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23851446-2,00.html - Stopping sex offenders from changing names
[posted 20 June 2008]
Media release, 14 June 2008
http://www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/lawlink/Corporate/ll_corporate.nsf/pages/LL_Media_Centre_attorney_general_2008#stopping_sex - Conference reminder
[posted 6 June 2008]
Registrations are now open for 10th Australian Institute of Family Studies Conference - Families Through Life, at The Melbourne Exhibition Centre between 9-11 July 2008.
Details of the full program are available at: www.aifsconference08.com - CASA Loddon Campaspe Region - Professional Development Calendar
[posted 6 June 2008]
Now available on the ACSSA website training page - Australian Government announces members of its National Council to Reduce Violence Against Women and Children.
[posted 6 June 2008]
For further information see the Office for Women website: http://www.ofw.fahcsia.gov.au/womens_safety_agenda/national_council_reduce_violence.htm - The Men's Referral Service has a new website
[posted 6 June 2008]
http://www.mrs.org.au/ - New sex offender laws passed in Victoria
[posted 6 June 2008]
The Age, May 29, 2008
http://news.theage.com.au/national/new-sex-offender-laws-passed-in-victoria-20080529-2jae.html - SA apology for child sex abuse victims
[posted 6 June 2008]
ABC News, June 3, 2008
The South Australian Parliament will formally apologise to former wards of the state who were victims of child sexual abuse.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/06/03/2264043.htm - Screening of The Jammed
[posted 26 May 2008]
To raise awareness of human trafficking and as part of Amnesty International's Stop Violence Against Women campaign the NSW Manly Amnesty Group are presenting a screening of The Jammed on Thursday the 12th of June.
For further information: http://www.unifem.org.au/event - A question of bondage
[posted 26 May 2008]
Dr Anne Gallagher
The Age, May 15, 2008
What does it mean to be a slave in the 21st century? A court case in Australia is seeking to define the legalities of "owning" another human being.
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2008/05/14/1210444528872.html - Madam or slave owner?
[posted 26 May 2008]
Karen Kissane
The Age, May 17, 2008
An appeal before the High Court will decide how Australia defines slavery, giving the legal system a platform to deal with cases of exploitation of migrant sex workers.
http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/madam-or-slave-owner/2008/05/16/1210765176472.html - Rapist blames victims for sex attacks
[posted 26 May 2008]
Courier Mail, May 9, 2008
http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,23667626-3102,00.html - Improved search capabilities on ACSSA website
[posted 12 May 2008]
A search box has been added to the top of each page. You can search across the entire ACSSA site, as well as the other sites of the Australian Institute of Family Studies. Give it a try; we would welcome your feedback. - Courses at the Education Centre Against Violence (ECAV) NSW Health
[posted 12 May 2008]
Shades of grey? Ethics and boundaries in trauma work;
Not seen or heard Recognising and responding to abuse of older people;
Holding the frame Advanced therapeutic work with adult survivors of CSA.
See under Recent Additions at http://www2.health.nsw.gov.au/ecav/index.asp?pg=0 - Data update
[posted 12 May 2008]
The Sentencing Advisory Council has updated the prisoner and juvenile detainee data in the Sentencing Statistics section of its website.
The data are available at the Council's website at http://www.sentencingcouncil.vic.gov.au - Women in mental wards face grave risk of abuse
[posted 12 May 2008]
Julia Medew
The Age, May 12, 2008
http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/women-in-mental-wards-face-grave-risk-of-abuse/2008/05/11/1210444243808.html?page=2 - Too many questions
[posted 12 May 2008]
Unleashed, ABC
May 7 2008
Miiko Kumar asks why victims of rape are cross examined for a longer period of time than victims of other types of assault.
http://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/stories/s2235529.htm - National database used in rape case
[posted 12 May 2008]
Dan Oakes
The Age, May 6, 2008
A man accused of the brutal rape of a woman behind a St Kilda pub six years ago has been extradited from Western Australia after allegedly being identified by a new national DNA database.
http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/national-database-used-in-rape-case/2008/05/05/1209839553579.html - Contributions invited
[posted 29 April 2008]
ACSSA's quarterly newsletter, Aware, invites your contributions for publication. Articles of up to 5 000 words and reviews of up to 1 500 words will be considered. ACSSA publications are a great way to publicise and share your work. Our online publications page currently receives around 13 000 visits a month, and ACSSA publications are mailed in hard copy to about 7 000 organisations and individuals.
We especially encourage practitioners and current post-graduate research students to contribute. Please note that while ACSSA Aware is not a refereed (peer-reviewed) journal, we will work with contributors to ensure that published material is of the highest standard possible. Please contact ACSSA Research Officer, Cameron Boyd to discuss your ideas for contributions: cameron.boyd@aifs.gov.au, or 03 9214 7872. - After the Mullighan Inquiry
[posted 29 April 2008]
Australia Talks, ABC Radio National, April 7, 2008
South Australia is reeling from the findings of the Children in State Care Commission of Inquiry, headed up by Ted Mullighan QC.
Listen to the program at - http://www.abc.net.au/rn/australiatalks/stories/2008/2207795.htm
The Mullighan Report is available from - www.sa.gov.au/mullighaninquiry - Abused while in the care of the State of Tasmania?
[posted 29 April 2008]
The Tasmanian Government has reopened a scheme to consider the claims of people who were abused while in the care of the State. Applications must be lodged by 30 June 2008.
For further details see the Sexual Assault Support Services website - http://www.sass.org.au/ - Clean up your acts, Iemma tells rape lawyers
[posted 29 April 2008]
ABC News, April 16, 2008
New South Wales Premier Morris Iemma is urging the state's Bar Association to adopt new rules that would make it a disciplinary offence to intimidate and harass rape victims in the witness box.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/04/16/2218804.htm?section=australia - Tough new laws for sex offenders
[posted 29 April 2008]
ABC News, April 15, 2008
The Victorian Government will introduce tougher laws to protect people from serial sex offenders.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/04/15/2217164.htm?section=justin - Sex crime conviction rate disgraceful: Justice Committee chairman
[posted 29 April 2008]
ABC News, April 10, 2008
The chairman of a parliamentary committee has described the conviction rate for sexual assault cases in Western Australia as disgraceful.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/04/10/2213682.htm - Truth and myths of sex slavery
[posted 29 April 2008]
Helen Pringle
ON LINE Opinion, April 11, 2008
Many trafficked and prostituted women blame themselves for what has happened to them.
http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=7222 - Australian Crime and Violence Prevention Awards - nominations are now open
[posted 11 April 2008]
For more information see: http://www.aic.gov.au/acvpa/. - Sexual assault still too taboo for public airing
[posted 11 April 2008]
Nina Funnell
The Sydney Morning Herald, March 27, 2008
http://tinyurl.com/43b6rd. - Domestic violence exacts lasting toll on women: UN study
[posted 11 April 2008]
The Age, April 4, 2008
Injuries inflicted to women by violent male partners extends well beyond the short term, according to a 10-nation survey of domestic violence released on Friday.
http://news.theage.com.au/domestic-violence-exacts-lasting-toll-on-women-un-study/20080404-23pp.html. - Truth and visas will set Asian sex workers free
[posted 11 April 2008]
Elena Jeffreys
Sydney Morning Herald Online, April 4, 2008
The stereotype of the Asian sex slave captures the Australian imagination. When Puangthong Simaplee died in immigration detention in 2001, a story emerged of a girl trafficked to Australia at the age of 12 and forced to have sex as a slave. Her story was given under duress, after the Department of Immigration had taken her into detention.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/opinion/truth-and-visas-will-set-asian-sex-workers-free/2008/04/03/1206851098330.html. - ACSSA Publications Release
[posted 31 March 2008]
ACSSA AWARE Newsletter No. 16 2008 - articles include:
Surveying university students' attitudes about sexual assault; Engaging young people in leadership roles in the prevention of sexual assault; research review and more...
ACSSA Issues No. 8 2008 - Sex workers and sexual assault in Australia. Prevalence, risk and safety
This paper provides a review of contemporary research on the sexual assault of sex workers in Australia, focussing predominantly on the safety of sex workers in their work contexts. - Laurel House website goes live!
[posted 31 March 2008]
Laurel House - Northern Sexual Assault Support Service, Tasmania, has launched its new website http://www.laurelhouse.org.au. - New Disabilities Coalition Against Violence
[posted 31 March 2008]
New Zealand Family Violence Clearinghouse newsletter, March 2008
A new national network of people with disability has been established to focus on the issues of family/domestic violence and sexual violence.
http://www.nzfvc.org.nz/14309.pub - Abuse of women rife in psychiatric wards
[posted 31 March 2008]
The Age March 18, 2008
Women admitted to psychiatric wards commonly suffer sexual and physical abuse at the hands of the male patients they are treated alongside, a new survey shows.
http://news.theage.com.au/abuse-of-women-rife-in-psychiatric-wards/20080318-206y.html - No One is Blaming the Web
[posted 31 March 2008]
Newmatilda.com
Maree Crabbe and David Corlett, 12 March 2008
The online pornography debate is not helped by making light of the subject. (Article contains material that may offend)
http://www.newmatilda.com/2008/03/11/no-one-blaming-web - ACSSA web update
[posted 7 March 2008]
Conference Papers Online has been updated. This page provides links to papers from recent conferences relevant to the study of sexual assault in Australia. - Provocation in Sentencing Research Paper
[posted 7 March 2008]
Felicity Stewart , Arie Freiberg
Sentencing Advisory Council, February 2008
The Provocation in Sentencing Research Paper examines provocation in sentencing decisions in Victoria, interstate and internationally. The paper suggests an approach to considering provocation in sentencing.
See: http://www.sentencingcouncil.vic.gov.au/wps/wcm/connect/Sentencing+Council/Home/SENTENCING+-+Provocation+in+Sentencing+-+Publication - Five charged with importing Korean sex slaves
[posted 7 March 2008]
The Age Online, March 7, 2008
A group of South Korean women were falsely lured to Australia and forced to work up to 20 hours a day in a Sydney brothel, police say.
See: http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/sex-slaves-rescued-from-brothels/2008/03/07/1204780005864.html - Compulsory sex offenders program being considered
[posted 7 March 2008]
ABC News, March 7, 2008
The Tasmanian Attorney General David Llewellyn has told parliament he will consider making it compulsory for all sex offenders to undergo a rehabilitation program in prison.
See: http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/03/07/2182793.htm - SA parliament urged to pass sex assault law
[posted 7 March 2008]
The Age Online, March 7, 2008
South Australia's upper house is being urged to back major changes to rape and sexual assault laws in time for International Women's Day.
See: http://news.theage.com.au/sa-parly-urged-to-pass-sex-assault-law/20080306-1xcr.html - State Rail cleared over woman's rape
[posted 7 March 2008]
The Age Online, March 6, 2008
The NSW State Rail Authority was not responsible for the rape of a woman who, weeks earlier, had broken her ankle at a Sydney station, a court ruled.
See: http://news.theage.com.au/state-rail-cleared-over-womans-rape/20080306-1xgp.html - Tough new rape court code
[posted 7 March 2008]
The Daily Telegraph, 29 February 2008
Barristers could be out of a job if they continue to ask rape victims intimidating and humiliating questions under new rules due to hit the courtrooms next month.
See: http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,23291632-5001021,00.html?from=public_rss
For the proposed amendments to the New South Wales Barristers' Rules in response to the request from the NSW Attorney General in connection with sexual assault matters see: http://www.nswbar.asn.au/docs/professional/pcd/s708.pdf - Drink spiking to become a crime in NSW
[posted 7 March 2008]
February 27, 2008 The Age Online
Laws to curb drink spiking are about to become tougher in NSW.
See: http://news.theage.com.au/drink-spiking-to-become-a-crime-in-nsw/20080227-1v87.html - AFL defends sexual harassment DVD
[posted 7 March 2008]
Transcript from The World Today, ABC Radio
Reporter: Samantha Donovan, 21 February 2008
The Australian Football League is defending its development of a training DVD which is intended to improve player attitudes to women and educate them about sexual harassment.
See: http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/content/2008/s2168809.htm - Cambodia: campaigners welcome new law to fight sex trafficking
[posted 7 March 2008]
Independent Catholic News
Phnom Penh, 20 February 2008
In a major breakthrough, the Cambodian parliament has finally presented and unanimously approved a new law to fight human trafficking and sexual exploitation.
See: http://www.indcatholicnews.com/camb324.html - New Courses at the NSW Health Education Centre Against Violence
[posted 7 March 2008]
The sexual assault of Aboriginal boys & men: A 3 day workshop Defining healthy boundaries when working in Aboriginal communities.
For details see: http://www2.health.nsw.gov.au/ecav/Aboriginal/newcourses.htm - Exhibition: Canvassing the Emotions
[posted 25 February 2008]
This exhibition features works created by women who have experienced mental ill health and coincides with the celebration of 100 years of women's suffrage in Victoria. 29th February 2008 at the Queen Victoria Women's Centre, 210 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne 3000. - T-shirts 'encouraging rapes'
[posted 25 February 2008]
Nick Henderson and Maria Moscaritolo
The Advertiser, February 13, 2008
Former Parliamentary Speaker Bob Such has blamed T-shirts emblazoned with provocative slogans for encouraging sexual assaults.
For further information see: http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,23205957-5006301,00.html - Adult accounts of organised child sexual abuse project
[posted 29 January 2008]
Michael Salter is a PhD student at the University of New South Wales. and is conducting research on "Adult accounts of organised child sexual abuse in Australia". He would like to interview adults who have survived child sexual abuse involving multiple perpetrators and multiple victims.
For further information see: http://www.sphcm.med.unsw.edu.au/SPHCMWeb.nsf/page/CurrentProjects - Survey
[posted 29 January 2008]
A reminder that the Coming Forward Survey is still running.
This survey aims to improve the well-being and safety of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and Intersex (GLBTI) Victorians and to learn more about their experiences with police and the courts system. - Victoria's top prosecutor sharply criticises judges' insensitivity towards sexual assault victims
[posted 29 January 2008]
Kate Hagan
The Age Online, 17 January 2008
http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/dpp-raps-judges-over-nsensitivity/2008/01/17/1200419973018.html - Supreme court steps in on sex cases
[posted 29 January 2008]
Herald Sun, 22 January 2008
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,23088020-2862,00.html - Conference Announcement
[posted 29 January 2008]
From Margins to Mainstream - 5th World Conference on the Promotion of Mental Health and the Prevention of Mental and Behavioural Disorders
10-12 September 2008
Melbourne, Vic
VicHealth is among the sponsors of the conference and are keen to engage speakers across a variety of sectors. Please feel free to circulate the call for papers amongst your networks. You may be interested in submitting an abstract or putting together a collection of papers for a conference session.
If you are interested in developing a session, please contact Melanie Heenan at VicHealth on (03) 9667 1355 to discuss any support you may need.
Conference website: http://www.margins2mainstream.com/ - New Promising Practice
[posted 7 December 2007]
Aboriginal Healing Project
This two-year project will provide healing services to Indigenous individuals and families affected by family and domestic violence, and sexual violence, with the goal of measurably increasing safety and reducing harm within families. - Research Advisory Service
[posted 7 December 2007]
A reminder that the research staff at ACSSA can provide specialist advice and information, including activating and compiling comprehensive literature searches on issues relevant to sexual assault.
To access the ACSSA Research Advisory Service Request Form see the Resources page and click on Research Advisory Services. - Public Lecture
[posted 7 December 2007]
The Protection of Women and Children during Armed Conflict. Whose Responsbility?
Thursday 13 December 2007 @ 06:00 pm - 07:00 pm
Carrillo Gantner Theatre, Melbourne University
Bookings are essential - http://events.unimelb.edu.au/eventid_4354.html - WorkCover Award Winner
[posted 23 November 2007]
NSW Rape Crisis Centre was announced the Winner for the Best Solution to an Identified Workplace Health and Safety Issue (Category 2) at the recent WorkCover NSW Safe Work Awards 07 for their initiative in monitoring and managing vicarious trauma.
http://www.nswrapecrisis.com.au/LatestNews/Events/2007_WorkCover_Awards.htm - Publication launch
[posted 23 November 2007]
The Victorian Health Promotion Foundation (VicHealth) invites you to the launch of the publication: Preventing violence before it occurs - A framework and background paper to guide the primary prevention of violence against women in Victoria.
Tuesday 11 December, VicHealth Seminar Room, 15-31 Pelham St, Carlton
RSVP (acceptance only): Friday 7 December, cnicholls@vichealth.gov.au, 9667 1317 - A web resource for men who have experienced child sexual abuse/sexual assault
[posted 9 November 2007]
Dr Gary Foster, at Kinections, Brisbane, has obtained funding from the Queensland Gambling Community Benefit Fund to develop a web resource for men who have experienced child sexual abuse/sexual assault and for their friends, partners, families, workers etc.
He is interested to hear what information/resources people think would be useful to have on the web site, what ideas people have for the name, look, or format this web resource should have. The intention is for this web resource to speak directly to the men, their partners, friends, families and workers, in order to provide useful information and practical resources not just about sexual violence but getting on with life.
Please contact Gary directly with any feedback at Kinections, 07 3435 4300, or email GFoster@spiritus.org.au - Sexual Assault Offences - Review of penalties
[posted 9 November 2007]
The NSW Attorney General has requested that the Sentencing Council undertake a review of the penalties currently attaching to sexual offences, and in particular sexual offences against children (including child pornography). Written submissions close 3rd December 2007.
For further details see: http://www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/lawlink/scouncil/ll_scouncil.nsf/pages/scouncil_news - New bibliography
[posted 9 November 2007]
A bibliography on Sexual Assault and Disability Issues has been added to the ACSSA website. - Survey
[posted 19 October 2007]
T he Coming Forward survey is run by Gay and Lesbian Health Victoria in conjunction with the Gay and Lesbian Liaison Officers Program of Victoria Police and is funded by the Victorian Law Foundation.
The survey can be found on www.comingforwardsurvey.org.au and will gather important data about gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and intersex (GLBTI) people’s experiences of violence and harassment which are not currently included in officially collected statistics. - Juror attitudes and biases in sexual assault cases
[posted 19 October 2007]
Natalie Taylor
Trends and issues in crime and criminal justice series no. 344
Australian Institute of Criminology, August 2007
http://www.aic.gov.au/publications/tandi2/tandi344.html - Reclaim the night
[posted 19 October 2007]
Marches and rallies that are peaceful protests against sexual violence towards women will take place Australia wide. Further information can be found on the internet. - School sex attacks soar
[posted 28 September 2007]
Peter Ker and Bridie Smith
The Age, September 20, 2007
Reports of sexual assaults, vandalism and personal injuries in Victoria's public schools have soared, statistics show. http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2007/09/19/1189881595098.html - Childhood rape linked to weight gain
[posted 28 September 2007]
The Age, September 21, 2007
Girls who have been raped are more likely to become overweight than other young women, according to a study.
http://www.theage.com.au/news/NATIONAL/Childhood-rape-linked-to-weight-gain/2007/09/21/1189881737613.html - Courts 'treat relationship rape too lightly'
[posted 28 September 2007]
Liz Porter
The Age, September 23, 2007
Men who sexually assault their ex-wives and partners should not get away with lighter sentences than other rapists, according to an authority on rape sentencing.
http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/courts-treat-relationship-rape-too-lightly/2007/09/22/1189881837009.html - Lawyers told to go easy on rape victims
[posted 28 September 2007]
The Sydney Morning Herald, September 25, 2007
Defence barristers have been told by the NSW government to stop intimidating rape victims in the witness box.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/NATIONAL/Lawyers-told-to-go-easy-on-rape-victims/2007/09/25/1190486314723.html - Prostitution in WA
[posted 28 September 2007]
The Law Report, ABC Radio National
September 25, 2007
Right now the state parliament is debating legislation which would legalise brothels and dump the state's long-standing 'containment policy'.
To download the podcast see: http://www.abc.net.au/rn/lawreport/stories/2007/2042342.htm - Young Aussies 'victims of drink-spiking'
[posted 28 September 2007]
The Sydney Morning Herald, September 26, 2007
One-quarter of young Australians have fallen victim to drink-spiking by perpetrators who think it boosts their chances of having sex, a study has found.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/Young-Aussies-victims-of-drinkspiking/2007/09/26/1190486370584.html - ACSSA Publications Release
[posted 14 September 2007]
ACSSA AWARE Newsletter No.15 June 2007 - articles include: Perspectives on the treatment of men and boys who sexually abuse; Considering elder abuse and sexual assault; interviews; book reviews and more...
ACSSA Wrap No.4 September 2007 - Feeling heavy': Vicarious trauma and other issues facing those who work in the sexual assault field.
This paper is about vicarious trauma, a normal response to repeated exposure and empathetic engagement with traumatic material. It describes what vicarious trauma is, how it may be experienced, and what may predict it occurring. - The Jammed
[posted 14 September 2007]
A film about trafficking in Australia.
See http://www.titanview.com/now_showing.html for screening details.
Note that The Jammed is due for DVD release in September if you happen to miss it in a theatre. - Judge urges sex victims to meet their attackers
[posted 14 September 2007]
Liz Porter, The Age
September 9, 2007
Some sexual assault victims could benefit from meeting their attackers to tell them how the offence had affected their ives, one of the state's most respected judges has said.
http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/judge-urges-sex-victims-to-meet-their-attackers/2007/09/08/1188783562147.html - The hidden assaults
[posted 14 September 2007]
Joanna Bourke, ONLINE Opinion
September 10, 2007
In bedrooms all over the country, women are still subjected to sexual violence from their spouses.
http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=6349 - Crimes against elderly doubling
[posted 14 September 2007]
Ellen Whinnett, Herald Sun
September 13, 2007
The number of crimes committed against older people is rising sharply, with assaults against the elderly doubling in the past eight years.
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,22409035-2862,00.html - Misogyny bares its teeth on internet
[posted 31 August 2007]
Anna Greer, The Sydney Morning Herald
August 21, 2007
A woman's place isn't in the kitchen these days but some malcontents are trying to make sure that it's not on the web either. The internet is proving to be a hostile place for women.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/opinion/misogyny-bares-its-teeth-on-internet/2007/08/20/1187462171087.html - 'Victim' is not my identity
[posted 31 August 2007]
Kathryn Daley, ONLINE opinon
August 24, 2007
There is a stigma associated with sexual assault and a cult of victimhood.
http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=6280 - Reform that is crucial to the church
[posted 31 August 2007]
Barney Zwartz, The Age Online
August 28, 2007
The Catholic Church must deal radically with abuse or lose credibility.
http://www.theage.com.au/news/opinion/reform-that-is-crucial-to-the-church/2007/08/27/1188067029818.html - Glossary
of Violence Against Women to Share Understanding
of Terminology
[posted 31 August 2007]
Prepared by the NGO Working Group on Violence Against Women 2007
http://www.iac-ciaf.com/Publications/Glossary%20on%20violence%202007.pdf - Dental Professionals Survey: Exploring the impact of Sexual Assault
[posted 17 August 2007]
New research is currently being undertaken at SECASA exploring dental practitioners awareness of sexual assault and the implications it has on working with patients who are victim/survivors. Dental practitioners can have their say by completing the anonymous online survey and contributing to current research aimed at raising awareness within the dental profession around this issue and contributing to future improvements in dental experiences for victims/survivors.
http://www.secasa.com.au/news.php - At last we're actually tackling family violence
[posted 17 August 2007]
Judith Peirce
The Age, August 17, 2007
Attitudes as well as laws must change to stop this scourge of society.
http://www.theage.com.au/news/opinion/at-last-were-really-tackling-family-violence/2007/08/16/1186857678142.html - Study of Reported Rapes in Victoria 2000-2003
[posted 3 August 2007]
Summary Research Report
Statewide Steering Committee to Reduce Sexual Assault, 2006
This study is the first extensive analysis of police investigations into rape offences in Victoria in more than a decade and was undertaken to address some of the gaps in knowledge identified by the Victorian Law Reform Commission in its Final Report on Sexual Offences Law and Procedures, released in June 2004.
http://www.police.vic.gov.au/content.asp?a=internetBridgingPage&Media_ID=19462 - Online Survey - Exploring the Impacts of Sexual Assault on Oral Health
[posted 3 August 2007]
New research is currently being undertaken at SECASA exploring victims/survivors access to oral health and their experiences of dental treatment. Sexual Assault victim/survivors can have their say by completing the anonymous online survey and contributing to current research aimed at raising awareness within the dental profession around this issue and contributing to future improvements in dental experiences for victims/survivors. - Participants sought - Professional and Survivor Discourses: Connections and Contradictions
of Childhood Sexual Abuse and Sexual Intimacy in Women's Lives
[posted 3 August2007]
This study will examine the knowledge that professionals and survivors draw on to understand womens experiences of sexual intimacy when they have a history of childhood sexual abuse (csa). If you would like to participate in a semi-structured interview see the details at http://www.secasa.com.au/news.php - Battle against violence can never end
[posted 3 August2007]
Adam Cresswell
The Australian, July 21, 2007
Concern over the public health impact of domestic violence is behind a new push to tackle the problem.
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,22101340-23289,00.html - Truth, in black and white
[posted 3 August 2007]
Gabriella Coslovich
The Age, July 31, 2007
Julie Dowling is one of Australia's most collectable artists. But her pictures tell of a dark family history.
http://www.theage.com.au/news/in-depth/truth-in-black-and-white/2007/07/30/1185647822209.html - Justice and fairness for victim/survivors of sexual assault - What is your understanding of
Fairness and Justice?
- note change of date
[posted 20 July 2007]
Research is now being done on what fairness and justice mean to victim/survivors of sexual assault. The research will look at how this can inform policies aimed at improving responses to sexual assault. This research forms part of a PhD study at the University of Melbourne, conducted by Haley Clark under the supervision of Alison Young.
If you identify as a victim/survivor of sexual assault and would like more information on the study, including how to participate, please call Haley Clark on 03 9214 7878 or email to h.clark@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au before August 15, 2007. All inquiries will be treated privately and confidentially.
- Special collection on Human trafficking
[posted 20 July 2007]
VAWnet has added a new Special Collection on Human Trafficking, which aims to illuminate different forms of, and perspectives on, human trafficking and to provide relevant resources to help guide more informed and critical advocacy, research, and thought.
This collection can be accessed at: http://new.vawnet.org/category/index_pages.php?category_id=683 - Word 'Rape' Banned from Rape Trial in Nebraska
[posted 20 July 2007]
'What Happened To Me Was Rape, It Was Not Sex'
KABC By Leslie Miller, July 13 2007
http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=local&id=5478882 - Rapists escape justice system
[posted 20 July 2007]
Simon Mann
The Age, July 14, 2007
Conviction rates for rape in Victoria may have fallen below 1 per cent of all rapes committed, based on an examination of police records combined with government surveys and courts data.
http://tinyurl.com/yrpf9d - Somewhere to help heal and fight back
[posted 20 July 2007]
Simon Mann
The Age, July 14, 2007
For years rape has been too easy to get away with - that could well change as two innovative centres and a sweeping package of legal reforms in Victoria provide new means to tackle it.
http://tinyurl.com/2ybxln - Church agrees to record sex-cases settlement
[posted 20 July 2007]
REUTERS
The Age, July 16, 2007
The Archdiocese of Los Angeles is to pay a record $750 million to people sexually abused by priests, although some victims regret the decision, saying church leaders will not face questioning in court.
http://tinyurl.com/2dhjcr - ACSSA Publications Release
[posted 6 July 2007]
ACSSA AWARE Newsletter No.14 June 2007 - articles include: Sexual pressure and young people's negotiation of consent; Judging rape: public attitudes and sentencing; seminar, film and book reviews and more...
Issues Paper No. 7 June 2007 - "Ripple effects" of sexual assault. This paper discusses some of the widespread effects of sexual assault on families, professionals and society as a whole, demonstrating the significance of sexual assault as a social issue. - AIFS Seminar
[posted 6 July 2007]
AIFS Seminar :(IL)LEGALLY WOUNDED: Intrafamilial Sexual Abuse and the Legal Response by Dr Caroline Taylor
26 July 2007
Melbourne, Vic - Website redeveloped
[posted 6 July 2007]
Bursting the Bubble provides information for teenagers about abuse, domestic violence and family violence, and has recently been redeveloped. - Paying to look or touch does not equal a licence to hurt and kill
[posted 6 July 2007]
Kathleen Maltzahn
The Age, June 25, 2007
The Government must do more for strip-club and sex-industry workers.
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2007/06/24/1182623736471.html - New bibliography
[posted 25 June 2007]
A bibliography on Male Survivors of Sexual Assault has been added to the ACSSA website. - Participants required
[posted 25 June 2007]
Monica Macoun, final year Master’s student in Counselling Psychology at Curtin University requires participants in her research project. The study is about counter transference issues in counsellors who work in the area of sexual abuse and will be exploring the therapist-client relationship, particularly in counsellors who were sexually abused prior to eighteen years of age.
For further information download the participant information sheet. [PDF] - Alert on guest-worker 'slavery'
[posted 25 June 2007]
Anne Davies, Washington correspondent
The Age, June 13, 2007
A US report has raised concerns about the abuse of temporary guest workers brought to Australia from India, China and South Korea.
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2007/06/13/1181414335498.html - Discussion paper: Response submissions sought
[posted 8 June 2007]
The Criminal Law Review Division NSW is seeking submissions in response to a discussion paper on the law of consent and sexual assault. The discussion paper is accompanied by a draft exposure bill that takes into account a number of recommendations made by the Criminal Justice Sexual Offences Taskforce on this issue. Submissions close on 20 July 2007.
View discussion paper: http://www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/lawlink/clrd/ll_clrd.nsf/pages/CLRD_reports - New pamphlet launch
[posted 8 June 2007]
Sexual Assault Support Service, Tasmania (SASS) is launching a new pamphlet titled “Impacts of Sexual Assault and Rape on Males”.
The launch will be at 3.30 on the 4th July at 97 Campbell St Hobart.
RSVP admin@sass.org.au or contact SASS (03) 6231 1811 for further information or copies of this new resource.
http://www.sass.org.au/ - Call for a writer
[posted 8 June 2007]
The Australian Domestic and Family Violence Clearinghouse is seeking a writer to produce a paper on the use of the internet and telephone technologies to abuse and harass, in and post relationships.
If interested contact Dr Rochelle Braaf, Senior Researcher: r.braaf@unsw.edu.au or phone 02 9385 8113. - Justice for rape victims
[posted 8 June 2007]
Campaign by the Daily Telegraph
May 28, 2007
The Daily Telegraph launches a major campaign to help rape victims and encourage more women to come forward.
For links to media articles see:
http://www.nswrapecrisis.com.au/LatestNews.htm#media - Sex slave victim wins abuse claim
[posted 8 June 2007]
Natalie Craig, The Age
May 29, 2007
A former child sex slave has become the first person in Australia to be compensated as a victim of sex trafficking.
http://tinyurl.com/2yt7du - Love turns to violence
[posted 8 June 2007]
Leigh Gassner, Herald Sun
June 7, 2007
Unfortunately, despite significant efforts, statistics still tell us that violence against women is significantly under reported.
http://tinyurl.com/2ef52c - I judged her until yesterday
[posted 8 June 2007]
Martin Challis, On Line Opinion
June 6, 2007
How often do we judge a person for their behaviour rather than seeking to understand the person?
http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=5935 - Passive voices
[posted 25 May 2007]
Anna Greer, NewMatilda.com
May 23, 2007
The passive voice is used far too much in the media when the topic of a story is gender motivated violence and intimidation, writes Anna Greer
http://tinyurl.com/28atgy - The Jammed, a film about trafficking in Australia - showing at the Sydney Film Festival from June
22nd.
[posted 25 May 2007]
Young Melbourne woman, Ashley Hudson, is drawn into a world she had no idea existed as she reluctantly agrees to help a Chinese mother search for her missing daughter. As the story unravels, the sinister workings of human trafficking, illegal prostitution and governmental deportation are exposed. Inspired by actual events and court transcripts.
Visit The Jammed website http://www.thejammed.com/.
For further information about trafficking visit the Trafficking in Persons Clearinghouse at http://www.goodshepherd.com.au/justice/trafficking.html - Justice and fairness for victim/survivors of sexual assault - What ss your understanding of Fairness
and Justice?
[posted 16 May 2007]
Research is now being done on what fairness and justice mean to victim/survivors of sexual assault. The research will look at how this can inform policies aimed at improving responses to sexual assault. This research forms part of a PhD study at the University of Melbourne, conducted by Haley Clark under the supervision of Alison Young.
If you identify as a victim/survivor of sexual assault and would like more information on the study, including how to participate, please call Haley Clark on 03 9214 7878 or email to h.clark@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au before June 25th 2007. All inquiries will be treated privately and confidentially. - Victoria's first specialised sexual assault centre opens
[posted 14 May 2007]
Media Release, Office of the Attorney General
April 26, 2007
Victims of sexual assault will be able to get help in one central location at Victoria’s first multi-disciplinary sexual assault centre opened in Frankston by the Attorney-General, Rob Hulls
See http://tinyurl.com/2g3atw - A more sensitive approach to prosecuting sex assaults
[posted 14 May 2007]
Media Release, Office of the Attorney General
April 26, 2007
Victims of sexual assault will have more confidence in coming forward to seek justice with the launch today of a new specialist prosecution unit, the Attorney-General, Rob Hulls said.
See http://tinyurl.com/2ytllz - AFL will play ball on sexual assault unit
[posted 14 May 2007]
Steve Butcher, The Age
April 27, 2007
AFL chief Andrew Demetriou's determination to rid football of sexual assaults and the vilification of women has intensified with his backing of a new unit within the Victorian Office of Public Prosecutions.
See: http://tinyurl.com/2hc9yj - Virginia Tech - The trouble with men
[posted 14 May 2007]
Ben Pennings, NewMatilda.com
May 2, 2007
Over 90 per cent of mass murderers, serial killers, rapists and domestic violence perpetrators are men. Ben Pennings wonders why.
See http://tinyurl.com/23mugj - How the web became a sexists' paradise
[posted 27 April 2007]
Jessica Valenti, The Guardian
April 6, 2007
Everyone receives abuse online but the sheer hatred thrown at women bloggers has left some in fear for their lives. Jessica Valenti, editor of Feministing.com, reports.
See http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,,2051394,00.html - Plan for sex offenders unlikely to cut assaults
[posted 27 April 2007]
Kenneth Nguyen, The Age
April 17, 2007
Sexual assault numbers are unlikely to change if a controversial State Government plan to keep sex offenders behind bars after they have served their sentences is adopted, a prominent advocate for victims has said.
See http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2007/04/16/1176696758127.html - Drunk young males fuel rise in violent crime
[posted 27 April 2007]
Jonathan Pearlman, The Sydney Morning Herald
April 19, 2007
Alcohol-related assaults by young men have fuelled a 10-year increase in violent crime across NSW, a report by the state's Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research shows.
See http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/04/18/1176696916790.html - Criminologist predicts technology will increase rapes in Australia
[posted 13 April 2007]
The Age
April 5, 2007
Recent shocking cases of Australian teenagers raping girls then sharing images of their crimes via mobile phones and the Internet will become more prevalent with the spread of technology, a criminologist said Thursday.
See http://tinyurl.com/35lmr6 - Video mania multiplies degradation
[posted 13 April 2007]
Deborah Cameron, The Sydney Morning Herald
April 6, 2007
What was going on in their heads? Why make a video? Why has it now happened in three sexual attacks? How did we get to this new threshold in humiliation?
See http://tinyurl.com/2tk9ss - New resource - Cultural competence in working with suicidality and interpersonal trauma CD ROM
[posted 13 April 2007]
Intended for use by frontline workers in a range of settings including: mental health services, domestic / family violence support services, sexual assault centres, youth services, alcohol and other drugs facilities, and physicians in General Practice.
Available from: http://www2.health.nsw.gov.au/ecav/index.asp?pg=1&s=RC - Comfort women: It's time for the truth (in the ordinary, everyday sense of the word)
[posted 30 March 2007]
Tessa Morris-Suzuki
Austral Policy Forum 07-06A
8 March 2007
"the denial of responsibility for the fate of the "comfort women" is, of course, an extremely important issue for Japan's relations with its Asian neighbours and regional partners, including Australia."
See: http://nautilus.rmit.edu.au/forum-reports/0706a-morris-suzuki.html - Slavery thrives in Australia 200 years after Abolition
[posted 30 March 2007]
Jennifer Burn, Director
Anti-Slavery Project
March 25th, 2007 was the 200th anniversary of the Abolition of the Transatlantic Slave Trade Act.
See: http://www.antislavery.org.au/slavery/freedom_day07.html - Slavery in the 21st Century
[posted 30 March 2007]
An in-depth online resource produced by the BBC UK.
29 March 2007
See: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/world/slavery/default.stm - New online resource - Sexual Assault Manual
[posted 2 March 2007]
The Judicial College of Victoria (JCV) has developed a Sexual Assault Manual covering law and procedure in relation to sexual offences prosecuted and determined in Victorian courts. The Manual is publicly available, free of charge, via the JCV website at www.judicialcollege.vic.edu.au. It is designed for use by the judiciary, legal practitioners, court staff and the general public.
A further JCV project, to create a Sexual Assault Education Framework and Curriculum, is in development. Further information can be obtained from Kerry Maikousis at the Judicial College on (03) 9603 9244. - SA Government unveils rape reforms
[posted 2 March 2007]
News Release by Hon Michael Atkinson, Attorney-General & Hon Jennifer Rankine, Minister for the Status of Women
February 6 2007
Attorney-General Michael Atkinson and Minister for the Status of Women Jennifer Rankine announced sweeping changes the State’s rape and sexual assault laws.
The latest reforms build on changes the Rann Government has already introduced to address the way the alleged victims of rape and sexual assault are treated in the court process. These include: Requiring courts to make special arrangements for victims of rape and sexual assaults giving evidence.Preventing the accused from personally cross-examining the alleged victim. Protecting victims from improper, harassing or humiliating questioning. To read the media release see:
http://www.officeforwomen.sa.gov.au/files/News_Release_Rape_Reform.pdf - Sexual Assault Support Service (SASS) Hobart gains 4 grants for 2007:
[posted 2 March 2007]
“TAFE and SASS Literacy Program in Mary Hutchison Women’s Prison”, a weekly 2 hour creative literacy program for all of 2007“Women Creating New Stories of Their Lives” - Regional Arts Fund“Learning the Art of Play” Mary Hutchison Women’s Prison – Women Tasmania“Women in Prison Health, Art and Education Project” 3 year program – Tasmanian Community Fund $51,093.31 For further information see: www.sass.org.au - AIFS Seminar - Responses to child abuse and adult sexual assault in the Anglican Church in Australia
[posted 16 February 2007]
To be presented by: Dr Zoë Morrison, Co-ordinator, Australian Centre for the Study of Sexual Assault
Thursday 1st March, 11:30 am – 12:30 pm
Australian Institute of Family Studies - Level 20, 485 La Trobe Street, Melbourne VIC
RSVP: Christine Stojanovski on 03 9214 7888 or email: aifs-seminars@aifs.gov.au
For further details see: http://www.aifs.gov.au/acssa/confdetails.html#zoe07 - Newsworthy rape
[posted 16 February 2007]
Helen Pringle, Online Opinion
Thursday, 8 February 2007
Outside the County Court in Melbourne recently, Geoff Clark urged the media to consider the importance of the rule of law, and also offered his opinion that “No one’s safe”. Clark is right. No one is safe.
For further details see http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=5484 - The long road to justice
[posted 16 February 2007]
Penelope Debelle, The Age
February 14, 2007
At 19, Jan O'Herne was imprisoned in Java. Over three months in 1944, she was raped repeatedly by Japanese soldiers. Her fight for justice goes before members of the US Congress.
For further details see http://tinyurl.com/29oatu - International Women's Day - international links
[posted 2 February 2007]
Manchester Rape Crisis in the UK would like to make links with other groups internationally as part of their celebrations on the 8th of March for International Women’s Day. If interested please contact the project manager, Anne Stebbings, mrcrasacs@btconnect.com - Written submissions invited on Discussion and Options Paper
[posted 2 February 2007]
High-Risk Offenders: Post-Sentence Supervision and Detention Discussion and Options Paper
Sentencing Advisory Council, January 2007
The Discussion and Options Paper discusses the current approach in Victoria and other Australian and overseas jurisdictions to managing high-risk offenders, including the operation in Victoria of the extended supervision order scheme.
The paper can be accessed from http://tinyurl.com/38mnpv
The Sentencing Advisory Council (www.sentencingcouncil.vic.gov.au) is inviting written submissions on the Discussion and Options Paper and will also be arranging roundtables, focus groups and meetings to consult with members of the legal community, victims and advocacy groups and the wider Victorian community before preparing its final report. Submissions and feedback on the Paper are due by Friday 23 February.
See http://tinyurl.com/3dlrwg for the accompanying Research Paper for background information. - Fight like a Girl: FREE Self Defence Workshops
[posted 2 February 2007]
QueeVictoria Women’s Centre
210 Lonsdale St, Melbourne
15 February, 15 March 2007
Women are invited to signup for a 3 hour workshop which will cover basic self-defence moves and personal safety tips.
For further information see http://tinyurl.com/252epw - Tough laws to end rape trial lottery
[posted 2 February 2007]
Mark Townsend, legal affairs correspondent
28 January 2007
The Guardian, UK
A far-reaching package of legal reforms to increase rape convictions and prevent men 'getting away with it' has been finalised by the government.
For further details see http://www.guardian.co.uk/crime/article/0,,2000447,00.html - Third of dropped rape cases should have been pursued, says report
[posted 2 February 2007]
Clare Dyer, legal editor
31 January, 2007
The Guardian, UK
Police and prosecutors are regularly failing rape victims by wrongly recording many cases as "no crime" and dropping others prematurely without following possible lines of investigation, according to a report today by the independent watchdogs for both services. For further details see http://www.guardian.co.uk/crime/article/0,,2002459,00.html - Community Art Exhibition - Note to Herself
[posted 19 January 2007]
Queen Victoria Women’s Centre
210 Lonsdale St, Melbourne
Queen Victoria Women’s Centre is calling on women to contribute to the unique, anonymous ommunity art exhibition, ’Note to Herself’ by creating a postcard expressing their inner voice on the areas of their lives over which they would like to take control. The Note to Herself project will culminate in an exhibition of hundreds of postcards at the Note to Herself Gallery at QV as part of International Women’s Day celebrations from February 19 until March 9.
For further information see: http://www.qvwc.org.au/news_and_events/media_and_news_items/note_to_herself - Journal Article Submission - Women's Safety and Security
[posted 19 January 2007]
The Security Journal invites individuals to submit a 250-word abstract for consideration to write a full-length manuscript for a special 2008 issue focusing on women’s safety and security.
Inquiries about the appropriateness of topics and abstracts should be emailed to the special issue co-editors, Martha Smith at martha.smith@wichita.edu or Bonnie Fisher at Bonnie.Fisher@uc.edu.
All manuscripts will be peer reviewed. The deadline for abstract submission is May 31, 2007. Authors will be notified by June 15, 2007 if their proposed paper was accepted. First drafts of papers will be due by January 1, 2008, and final versions will be due May 31, 2008. - Survey - Understanding Stalking: Times, Locations and Invasion of Personal Space
[posted 19 January 2007]
Griffith University researcher Nicola Cheyne is seeking participants, aged 18+, to complete a survey about their experiences of stalking or potential reactions to being stalked. To participate and enter the prize draw for 1 of 3 $100 cash prizes, please visit http://stalking.getthegist.net. For further information, please email Nicola at N.Cheyne@griffith.edu.au.
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