TY - SER AU - Rose, Susan D. TI - Gender violence : : using culture as a resource in the process of decolonisaton PY - 2012/// PB - Te Awatea Research Centre KW - COLONISATION KW - CULTURE KW - INDIGENOUS PEOPLES KW - TŪKINOTANGA Ā-WHĀNAU KW - DOMESTIC VIOLENCE KW - INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE KW - IWI TAKETAKE KW - MĀORI KW - PREVENTION KW - AUKATI TŪKINOTANGA KW - reo KW - TAIPŪWHENUATANGA KW - WHĀNAU KW - NEW ZEALAND KW - UNITED STATES N1 - Te Awatea Review, 2012, 10(1&2): 3-7 N2 - "Gender violence is a global human rights and public health issue that affects women and children across the developing and developed world. The most common rationale given for the denial of human rights to women is the preservation of family and culture. This paper examines the situation of both Native Americans and Maori who today have the highest rates of sexual and domestic violence in their respective countries. Abuse, however, is not traditional within these communities" (from opening paragraphs). Culture may be an effective resource in a bid to reduce violence against women and children UR - http://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE18298982 ER -