Posts in “Family Violence” category

#SafetyNotStalking: Open Letter and Petition

To access our Open Letter to the Minister of Justice, click here.   This open letter was published on 20 May 2024. If you wish to support this ongoing campaign, please sign our #SafetyNotStalking ActionStation petition. Kia ora! Thank you for your interest!

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Posted: May 20, 2024Categories: , ,

A feminist critque of the Government’s latest budget

The Budget – how the government spends its money, and what commentators and opposition parties say about it in the following days – is an interesting reflection of the values of the country.  This year, the government allocated just under $74 million to prevent and respond to family violence.  This included $9 million to provide ...

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Posted: June 19, 2023Categories: , ,

A way through the thicket

In order to effectively respond to social ills, we need to understand their key contributing factors. The key drivers of family violence include gender inequity, colonisation and ongoing colonisation. Recognition by the Government  that these are the main causal factors for family violence – and that family violence involves long-term patterns of coercive control – ...

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Posted: June 8, 2021Categories: ,