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Advocacy for safety and empowerment : state of knowledge paper Robyn Holder, Judy Putt and Cath O'Leary

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: ANROWS LandscapesPublication details: Sydney, NSW : ANROWS, 2015Description: electronic document (iv, 41 pages); PDF file: 4.59 MBISSN:
  • 2204-9665 (online)
Subject(s): Online resources: ANROWS Landscapes, Issue 9, September 2015Summary: This paper analyses critical, policy, service and research literature on responses to Aboriginal women experiencing family and domestic violence in Australia; focusing on non-legal and non-clinical services and women’s specialist services in regional and remote settings. It considers: critical writing, analysis and representation by Aboriginal women on family and domestic violence; literature on the evolution of responses to Aboriginal women experiencing family and domestic violence; and participatory research methods and how they can further open the ground for Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal women to debate ways of challenging violence and enable Aboriginal women to live violence-free. As a critical review, the paper highlights problems in using ideas of “effectiveness” and “success” to drive objectives in service delivery; and seeks to re-centre aspirations for empowerment alongside those for safety. (from the website). Record #4871
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ANROWS Landscapes, Issue 9, September 2015

This paper analyses critical, policy, service and research literature on responses to Aboriginal women experiencing family and domestic violence in Australia; focusing on non-legal and non-clinical services and women’s specialist services in regional and remote settings.

It considers:

critical writing, analysis and representation by Aboriginal women on family and domestic violence;
literature on the evolution of responses to Aboriginal women experiencing family and domestic violence; and
participatory research methods and how they can further open the ground for Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal women to debate ways of challenging violence and enable Aboriginal women to live violence-free.
As a critical review, the paper highlights problems in using ideas of “effectiveness” and “success” to drive objectives in service delivery; and seeks to re-centre aspirations for empowerment alongside those for safety. (from the website). Record #4871