30 June, 2020 Supporting perpetrators of family violence by using trauma-informed, wraparound services has once again shown success in helping to arrest the scourge of family violence. The National Network of Family Violence Services’ general manager, Merran Lawler, is applauding the results achieved through the Ghandi Nivas Interventionist Family Harm Programme, which showed that almost 60 per cent of the …
Zooming into Family Violence: Changeability in Masterton
For one specialist family violence agency, the remote working scenario made necessary by the Covid-19 epidemic has shed light on the benefits of working remotely. Like all agencies nationwide, ChangeAbility in Masterton, Wairarapa, had to quickly move their staff to working from home to continue providing their essential services. Manager Jeremy Logan said the initial rush to adapt a face-to-face …
Perpetrators still denied help to change violent behaviours despite $203m funding boost
Media release, May 11, 2020 Today’s pre-Budget funding announcement from the Ministry of Social Development, which included $142m over the next four years to fund services supporting victims of family violence and $16m to help stop perpetrators, has been welcomed by the National Network of Family Violence Services. However, while celebrating the long-overdue funding, Merran Lawler, Kaiarahi (General Manager) of NNFVS (Te …
Govt should address systemic flaws in family violence response system
Media release, Monday 4 May, 2020 A wero has been laid at the feet of the government to address underfunding, systemic racism, sexism and intergenerational trauma in order to effectively address family violence in this country in a damning report from the Family Violence Death Review Committee. This challenge in the Men Who Use Violence report is fully supported by National Network of Family …
Trauma’s the informer at Stopping Violence Dunedin
Cinnamon Boreham first encountered the power and control wheel — a therapeutic graphic tool that explains how abusive partners can use power and control to manipulate relationships — about 26 years ago when she was completing refuge training as part of her degree in humanities. As she learnt more about the dynamics of power and control in relationships, she realised …
What must happen to stop men from killing their wives and children?
This article was written by Siobhan Davies on Stuff, February 22, 2020. A New Zealand family violence specialist has supported a call to monitor any man transitioning out of a relationship. Heather Nancarrow, chief executive of the Australian National Research Organisation for Women’s Safety, proposed the solution following the murders of Hannah Clarke and her three children in Brisbane. Her …
79,000 victims of family violence means 79,000 perpetrators
If there are 79,000 victims of family-related violence then there are likely to be just as many perpetrators of that violence.
Our national shame: 2 dead in White Ribbon Week
As we mark intolerance of violence towards women for White Ribbon, two Kiwi families will bury loved ones whose lives ended because of family violence.