Thank you to those that joined us on the Hope Walk in the Hawkesbury NSW
Dont deal with the violence
consider your safety
what is an exclusion order?
what is an exclusion order?
police/ambulance 000
Domestic Violence line 1800 656 463
NSW Rape Crisis Center 1800 424 017
Domestic Violence Advocacy Service Sydney (02) 8745 6999
outside Sydney 1800 810 784
what is an exclusion order?
what is an exclusion order?
what is an exclusion order?
An exclusion order allows you to remain at home as part of an Apprehended Domestic Violence Order. (ADVO), and excludes, or removes, the violent person.
It can prohibit the violent person from living in the home of the protected person.
A Magistrate can make an exclusion order if it requested in the application of an ADVO.
The fact its difficult
Do you leave the violence?
Do you leave the violence?
why you dont report the violence:
you have fears for the future safety of your children.
you are threatened by the offender.
embarrassment and shame your family will find out.
you dont want to be ioslated.
The hope staying there the violence will stop.
you dont think the incident was serious enough.
you dont think the police could do anything about the violence.
Do you leave the violence?
Do you leave the violence?
Do you leave the violence?
leaving a violent and abusive relationship can be hard. It may mean having to move to a new area and having to start life over with a new home, new job and new school for the kids.
You may also be short on money and not in a good mental health headsapce.
These are only some of the reasons why you stay in an abusive relationship. Leaving the situation can be pretty stressful and overwhelming, especially with little or no support.
understanding domestic violence
family & domestic violence
Domestic and family violence is not restricted to any particular socio-economic, racial or cultural groups. It can occur between people in a range of domestic relationships including
- spousal relationships
- intimate personal relationships
- family relationships
- informal care relationships
Domestic violence is a gender issue and should be understood in the context of soical structure and inequlatiy between men and women, not the dynamics of individual relationships. Male violence towards woman results from patriarchal norms in our society where men believe they are superior to woman and that it is their inate right to dominate. Sex roles sterotypes, homophobic attitudes amoung men and cultural traditons that devalue woman are all elements of this culture of violence.
workshop program
where did domestic violence come from
where did domestic violence come from
where did domestic violence come from
•Into the 20th century, the belief persisted that husbands had the right to “chastise” their wives’ behaviour, including through corporal punishment. However, there was also a general acknowledgement that unjustifiable wife-beating was a widespread problem.
•Australian society has told men they need to be physically and mentally tough, which normalisedmale aggression. During the 19th and 20th century, housewife manuals routinely instructed women, as the “gentle sex”, that it was up to them to manage the moods of the men around them.
defining domestic violence
where did domestic violence come from
where did domestic violence come from
•Domestic violence occurs when a family member, partner or ex-partner attempts to physically or psychologically dominate or harm the other. According to the Commonwealth s Office for Women (OFW), domestic violence can be exhibited in many forms, including physical violence, sexual abuse, emotional abuse, intimidation, economic deprivation or threats of violence.
Domestic violence occurs in all geographic areas of Australia and in all socioeconomic and cultural groups, although domestic violence is a more significant problem for certain groups, such as regional and rural Australia and Indigenous communities
who is at risk
where did domestic violence come from
who is at risk
•The 1996 ABS Women's Safety Survey and the Personal Safety Survey 2005 found that violence which occurs between partners may affect the children who also live in the home. The 1996 ABS Women's Safety Survey found that of the women who experienced violence by a current partner, 61 per cent (211 600) reported that they had children in their care at some time during the relationship, and 38 per cent (132 400) said that these children had witnessed the violence.
•In Economic Costs of Domestic Violence, 2002, Child abuse is more likely to occur in families experiencing domestic violence. Children of victims are also at risk of continuing the violence with their own children and partners and at heightened risk of alcohol and drug abuse and delinquency in later life. Impacts can also extend to people not directly experiencing victimisation. Effects can flow on to other children not from families experiencing domestic violence, for example, the effects of bullying or aggression by children of victims.
