Family Violence: Why doesn’t she leave?
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Midwife, feminist, writer, and owner of BlackCat Creations
Police in Australia are called out to a family violence incident on average once every two minutes
Police in Australia are called out to a family violence incident on average once every two minutes Continue reading “Family Violence: Why doesn’t she leave?”
I am back because I could not let November 25th come and go without mention….
Violence against women is now recognised to be a serious and widespread problem in Australia. It has enormous individual and community impacts and social costs.
What we must remember is that violence against women, a significant social problem is also ultimately preventable.
My regular readers will know I an open activist for the prevention of violence against women.
I follow Our watch and often share posts from their sites.
Have you checked it out?
As well as personal experience of violence as a woman. I also see DAILY in my work as a Midwife the consequences and flow on effects of violence against women. Yes……. DAILY.
To prevent violence against women we first need to understand it. This list of key facts is cut and paste directly from the Our Watch website.
The following basic statistics help demonstrate the prevalence and severity of violence against women:
November 25th is White Ribbon Day…. more on that later.
Side note: Yes. I am back!!
I have not blogged for many months due to paid employment commitments.
While I am still working I have now managed to re balance and write again.
I could not let November 25th come and go without mention…….