TY - BOOK AU - Jordan, Jan AU - Mossman, Elaine TI - Skills for safety : : an evaluation of the value, impact and outcomes of girls' and women's self defence in the community PY - 2016/// CY - Wellington, New Zealand PB - Women’s Self Defence Network – Wāhine Toa, KW - EVALUATION KW - SELF DEFENCE KW - WOMEN KW - YOUNG WOMEN KW - PREVENTION KW - FAMILY VIOLENCE KW - SEXUAL VIOLENCE KW - NEW ZEALAND N2 - This report presents findings from the ‘Skills for Safety’ project, an outcome evaluation of girls' and women's self defence courses run by the WSDN-WT is a nationwide network of specialist trained accredited women teachers of self defence that has been in operation for 28 years. WSDN-WT has always been committed to evaluating the quality of their programmes and their ability to achieve their goals, with post course evaluation an integral part of the delivery of their courses. However, in the current climate of rWomen’s Self Defence Network – Wāhine Toa (WSDN-WT). Record #4980esults based accountability, to ensure sustainable funding they recognised the importance of rigorous evaluation carried out by independent researchers. The ‘Skills for Safety’ research project has been completed by two independent researchers, Associate Professor Jan Jordan (Institute of Criminology, Victoria University of Wellington) and Dr Elaine Mossman (Adjunct Research Fellow, Victoria University of Wellington) and was made possible with funding provided by the Ministry of Social Development (MSD). (From the Executive summary). Record #4980 UR - https://www.kiahaumaru.org.nz/_files/ugd/d7bf54_a8f8530f73a544be8efe7339dfdbac66.pdf UR - https://cdn.fld.nz/uploads/sites/researchforlife/files/pdfs_and_files/2016/Skills_for_safety_-_Evaluation_Report__Exec_summary_18_March_2016_FINAL.pdf UR - https://www.kiahaumaru.org.nz/_files/ugd/d7bf54_1b3966d7fd7b4ba8b5651b21cfbf146c.pdf ER -