Posts Tagged ‘domestic violence’
Stop Trafficking – October 2023
The October issue of Stop Trafficking looks at the nexus between domestic violence and human trafficking. Domestic violence is defined as a pattern of abusive behaviour in any relationship that one partner uses to maintain or gain power and control over another partner. Articles in this issue include: Download the October issue of Stop Trafficking…
Read MoreHolding the Light
You are warmly invited to an Ecumenical Service remembering victims and survivors of family domestic violence. Where: St Peter’s Eastern Hill 15 Gisborne St East Melbourne Victoria 3002 Date: Sunday 29th November 2020 Time: 2.30pm Due to COVID-19 restrictions, the numbers allowed to gather in person may be restricted, so please register your interest with…
Read MoreInternational Day for Elimination of Violence Against Women
White Ribbon Day 2015 Women’s activists have marked 25 November as a day against violence since 1981. This date came from the brutal assassination in 1960, of the three Mirabal sisters, political activists in the Dominican Republic, on orders of Dominican ruler Rafael Trujillo (1930-1961). In 1999 the United Nations called on all governments, organisations and…
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