Male Champions of Change Forum and more* Weekly Round-up 1 September 2015

Around the country

• At the recent Male Champions of Change event, former Lieutenant General, David Morrison, has compared domestic violence to war zone horrors.
• Lecturer of Political Science at the University of Melbourne, Kaye Quek, has written about the need for education on gender-based violence prevention both in schools and in the broader community.
• Jenna Price talks to women working to protect Aboriginal women from violence.
• Daphne Haneman, writer and former domestic violence victim/survivor, has written about the need for the legal system to recognise trauma experienced by domestic violence victims.
• The Country Women’s Association of Australia’s national conference was held in Port Macquarie this week.
• In the ACT, midwives may be given greater responsibility to screen pregnant women for signs of domestic violence under a plan proposed by health professionals.
• In NSW, Safe Haven Refuge for women has been given a $9750 CommBank grant under the Sisters of Charity Outreach program.
• In Queensland, the Not Now Not Ever report, which was adopted by the government last week, has been praised for its prominent inclusion of LGBT communities.

Around the world

• In Cambodia, three new phone apps have been launched to combat violence against women.
• In India, a conference was recently held to discuss violence against women with disabilities.
• In New York, the state is launching a specialised police unit to address sexual assault on college campuses.
• In New Zealand, Justice Minister, Amy Adams, has suggested establishing stand-alone domestic violence courts to better tackle high rates of domestic violence
• In Samoa, the State of Human Rights report highlights tragic rates of domestic violence.

Get involved!

• Australia’s National Research Organisation for Women’s Safety (ANROWS) is recruiting for the position of Senior Project Officer (Perpetrator Interventions). More information here!
• The Damned Whores and God’s Police 40 Years On Conference on Anne Summer’s seminal text by the same name will be held at the University of Technology Sydney, from 21 – 23 September 2015. Register here!
• The Women’s World Summit Foundation’s new campaign – 17 Days of Activism for the Empowerment of Rural Women and their Communities – begins on 1 October 2015. More information here!
• The 2015 National Indigenous Domestic Violence Conference will be held on 7 October 2015 in Carrara, Queensland.
• The Festival of THE Rural Woman, a free online global event, is running from 12 – 15 October 2015. Register here!
• The Canberra Community Sleepout will be held on 16 October 2015. Find out here how you can get involved and help combat homelessness in Canberra!
• The 3^rd World Conference of Women’s Shelters will be held in The Hague from 3 – 6 November 2015. More information here!