Violence Aganist Women - Women's Health Victoria Clearinghouse Connector

Welcome to our first edition of the Clearinghouse Connector profiling information resources available to you through our Clearinghouse. This issue focuses on violence against women.

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Intimate partner violence is responsible for more ill-health and premature death in Victorian women under the age of 45 than any other of the well-known risk factors, including high blood pressure, obesity and smoking. Find out more.

Statistics from the International Violence Against Women Survey reveal that 57 per cent of women interviewed in Australia have experienced at least one incident of violence in their lifetime. Read more about women's experiences of male violence.

Women are at far greater risk of some specific crimes than men. While men are more likely to be victims of robbery, assault and homicide, women are more likely to be victims of rape, stalking, abduction and family violence. Find out more about women's experiences of crime and safety in Victoria.

The new Victorian recommendations for GPs in the identification and management of intimate partner violence are available here. This document is also a good read for any health service provider.

Do you work in a primary healthcare setting? Would you like to know more about primary and secondary prevention of intimate partner violence? Then read this 2005 article.

This scoping report describes a public health approach to Violence Against Women. It provides an overview of the World Health Organisation’s stance, and moves to a more local view, describing the work being done by different sectors in Victoria to address violence. Find out more.

The prevention and treatment of male sexual violence against women and children is discussed in this new article. It analyses the current response to sexual violence in Australia and makes suggestions for future directions.

What's New

A review of the Family Violence Laws by the Victorian Law Reform Commission was tabled in Parliament in March this year. The report makes 153 recommendations on all aspects of the justice system’s response to family violence. It is now up to the government to decide if it implements all or some of the recommendations through legislation. The final report can be accessed here.

If you feel strongly about levels of depression, violence, & abuse in your community and want to help find solutions you can make an important contribution by completing an online survey. You can find out more information about the ‘Tell someone project’ here. For details, contact Andrea or David (anonymously) by email or phone on 9925 7646.

Ten women's health banners have been created with the collaboration of women's health services and allied organisations. The banners highlight gender differences in health, and include one on "Women and Violence'.

Banners can be downloaded in display format from the Women's Health Victoria web site or borrowed for your event through the Clearinghouse.

How our Clearinghouse can help you

For more comprehensive information about this topic go to the Violence against women resources kit.

Visit our website page on Violence Against Women and move through the links that are relevant to you.

To contact the clearinghouse email your request to clearinghouse@whv.org.au or phone 03 9662 3755.

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