Welcome to another weekly round-up! Some interesting and diverse articles have crossed our virtual desks this week, and here are a few that we thought might interest you.
Around the Nation
- New funds have been announced for increased security in refuges and specialist services
- In Canberra, school students discuss respectful relationships
- Minister Collins also unveiled the National Action Plan to Empower and Protect Women and Girls in Conflict Zones – you can read more about this in Sex Discrimination Commissioner, Elizabeth Broderick’s, opinion piece here
- Australia’s Global Ambassador for Women and Girls spoke out against violence against women inFiji last week
- The Age continues its series on Violence Against Women, and takes a look at behaviour change programs and tells one man’s story as he goes through the process of change
Internationally:
- In Alberta, a new survey has been conducted on men’s attitude to violence against women
- The Age takes a look at a growing movement Project Unbreakable which encourages survivors of sexual assault to share their stories
- 75 activists from around Africa climb Mt Kilimanjaro to raise awareness and end Violence Against Women
- At the end of this month, Botswana will release its comprehensive data on gender based violence
- Also during March, the Southern African Development Community Gender Unit will host a regional conference on Gender Based Violence
- Jennifer Prestholdt takes a look at the Amina Filali case in Morroco (the young woman forced to marry her rapist) and Morroco’s penal code
Upcoming Events!
- Register for the 20th Annual Kingsley Laffer Lecture here on 19 March
- Flinders University are holding an International Symposium on Preventing and Responding to Violence Against Women, on 15 June
- The Association of Women Educators conference is on again in July 2012 – learn more and register here
- The Violence Against Women Queensland Conference: An inconvenient reality on 7-9 August 2012, will be taking early bird registrations from 1 April
Funding Opportunities
- In Victoria, expressions of interest for Reducing Violence Against Women and Children grants are now open