This is a two day specialised workshop on Understanding sexual abuse in children and developing child protection policies to prevent abuse occurring.  

Click here for more information about this workshop

Click here for an enrolment form

For more information, contact: info@childmatters.org.nz

The theme, Global to Local: Preventing Men’s Violence against Women – Research, Policy and Practice in One Space, focuses attention on what is a shattering issue in our society that results in devastating costs to individuals, our communities and the nation.  White Ribbon Australia is celebrating the 10th anniversary of driving the largest male-led national campaign to end violence against women.

For more information and registration

Aotearoa NZ Response Based Community are bringing Allan Wade PhD and Cathy Richardson PhD, developers of this bicultural Response Based Practice approach, to New Zealand to conduct a series of introduction workshops and an advanced training workshop.  You are invited to attend the workshop that best suits your interest and expertise in this work.

This is the two day introduction and application workshop, second in the series.

Participants will deepen their analysis of violence and resistance, explore victims’ ever-present responses and resistance to violence, learn gentle and jargon free interviewing methods, for work with individuals and families, and explore applications of Response Based Practice in child protection, counselling, policing, victim assistance, refuges, and other settings.

See website for more details and to register.

Aotearoa NZ Response Based Community are bringing Allan Wade PhD and Cathy Richardson PhD, developers of this bicultural Response Based Practice approach, to New Zealand to conduct a series of introduction workshops and an advanced training workshop.  You are invited to attend the workshop that best suits your interest and expertise in this work.

This is the two day advanced training workshop, final in the series.

Participants will explore applications with different communities and client groups and in different agencies, from mental health and corrections to child protection and transition houses.  We may also explore family law and related settings where violence is an issue. In these ways, we hope to support local service providers develop a common language and lens to work with victims and perpetrators of violence and their families, to ensure the best possible social responses.

This advanced workshop is an intensive two-day residential programme. Delegates must have completed an introduction course before attending the advanced training course.

See website for more details and to register

Recent discussions about and within feminism often focus on feminism’s place and relevance in the 21st century as well as intergenerational and cultural differences be-tween feminists. The 2013 conference will explore the challenges these present but also focus on the variety of possible feminist futures. What are some of the potential avenues for change and transformation in women’s lives? How can we be most effective in our roles as both citizens and as activists in an era dominated by global financial crises, climate change and ongoing violence against women? How can women take control and exer-cise autonomy in confronting these realities?

Click here for more information about the conference.

Early-bird registration closes 31 January 2013. Download the conference information and registration form.

See also the Call for Papers (deadline for abstracts is 15 March 2013).

For general conference inquiries please contact Mary Mowbray or Lesley Hall.

Aotearoa NZ Response Based Community are bringing Allan Wade PhD and Cathy Richardson PhD, developers of this bicultural Response Based Practice approach, to New Zealand to conduct a series of introduction workshops and an advanced training workshop.  You are invited to attend the workshop that best suits your interest and expertise in this work.

This is the two day introductory workshop, which will also be offered as a one day workshop in Hastings (24 April 2013).

Join Allan Wade and Cathy Richardson to learn more about Response Based Practice, a specialised approach to addressing domestic violence, sexualised assault, workplace harassment, and other forms of violence. Response Based Practice integrates research on language and violence, builds on social justice oriented and collaborative methods (eg solution focused, feminist, narrative, post-colonial), and highlights the role of social responses to victims and offenders.

See website for more details and to register.

This is a five day course.

Child Matters provides professional NZQA accredited 3 day (conditions apply) and 5 day Child Protection Studies Programme courses arond the country.

For details of course requirements, costs and to enrol, go to: http://www.childmatters.org.nz/39/training-programmes/programme

Child Matters also provides Child Protection Workshops and a Child Protection Studies Diploma (block courses in various locations) - see www.childmatters.org.nz for details.

This conference is action-focused and will concentrate on next steps to prevent labour trafficking and exploitation in New Zealand, in a Pacific context.

The conference is for: leaders and practitioners who want to contribute to legislative reform, community awareness and engagement, and other next steps to prevent people trafficking and labour exploitation in New Zealand.

Click here for more information

The theme for the 11th Annual Asian Health Forum is:

Exploring the REAL significance of ‘Health for All’ – Should we be concerned about Asian health?

Explore how you can contribute to improve:

· Youth health

· Mental health

· Preventing family violence

Asian style lunch provided.

RSVP to samuel.cho@asiannetwork.org.nz

Learn how to deal with disclosure of sexual abuse, for those working with migrants and refugees.

This workshop provides an introduction to sexual abuse:

• Prevalence of sexual abuse
• Myths
• Effects
• Responding to disclosures
• Resources

This free dealing with disclosure training  is presented by Gangar Aiyar (ACC Counsellor) & Ann Kent (Manager - ARCS Manawatu).

This training will be followed by the launch of the new multi-lingual pamphlets.

Please indicate if you would like to attend the launch for catering purposes.

Registration closes 20 March 2013.

Email: admin@arcsmanawatu.org.nz; Ph: 356 5868; Fax: 356 5867

This is the third and final of the free Māori Suicide Prevention webinars.

Those interested in watching the webinars can register here.

Time will be allowed for audience questions. Questions can be emailed to sophia@mentalhealth.org.nz  or tweeted to @suicidenz, using the hashtag #mspwebinar before, during, or after the webinar.

More information:

Preventing Māori sucide: what we need to do. First webinar

Preventiong Māori Suicide: Involving whānau and community Second webinar (link coming soon.

For more details and contact information, read the Mental Health Foundation media release (15/2/2013)

Introductory one day training

Topics covered will include:•understanding the dynamics of domestic violence•identifying the effects of domestic violence•understanding the complexities of why women stay•learning how to intervene safely and effectively•clarifying professional boundaries and ethical issues

Download 1 day introductory training flier

Download training registration form

Click here for more information about training offered by Shine

Knowledge, Reflection, Action

A Two Day Free Symposium, “Working with Family Violence in Aotearoa today.”1st Day - Introduction to Family Violence: This will include ways to recognise, respond and refer to the appropriate agencies.       2nd Day - Issues, Trends and Innovations: This will look at Family Violence from a deeper perspective. 

Each Half Day will include a presentation by a Guest speaker and then three individual Workshops will follow.Lunch is supplied.

Check back later for more information, or contact Manawatu Abuse Intervention Network (MAIN), (06) 351 3633, main.nz@gmail.com.

The theme of Children's Day is Treasure our Children.

A time to do something special for the small people in your life on this national day.

Events listed by region on the website Children's Day What's On 

This is the second of three free Māori Suicide Prevention webinars.

This webinar will be presented by Di Grennell, director of Whānau Ora, and Michael Naera, Kia Piki Te Ora Project Leader. Di and Michael will be speaking about how to involve whānau and community in Māori suicide prevention.

Those interested in watching the webinars can register here.

Time will be allowed for audience questions. Questions can be emailed to sophia@mentalhealth.org.nz  or tweeted to @suicidenz, using the hashtag #mspwebinar before, during, or after the webinar.

“The first webinar showed why involving whānau in Māori suicide prevention strategies is critical,” says MHF Chief Executive Judi Clements. “The next webinar will give practical steps to show how we involve whānau and communities, and keep them involved."

More information:

Preventing Māori sucide: what we need to do. First webinar

The third and final webinar in the series – Preventing Māori suicide: improving care and intervention will be broadcast on Tuesday 19 March 2013.

For more details and contact information, read the Mental Health Foundation media release (15/2/2013)

Annette Milligan is a sexual health nurse and educator who has developed a series of resources to support parents and educators teach people with intellectual disabilities about all those intimate things which can be so hard to teach:

• Friendships
• Dating
• Asking permission
• Safety in relationships
• Hygiene
• How to ask for help
• And more  

The session will include general information and there will be plenty of time for questions

Who should attend: Parents, teachers, care-givers, teacher aides – anyone interested in the development of people with learning disabilities.

RSVP to info@menow.co.nz by 14 February 2013

Professor Janet Siltanen, Professor of Sociology at Carleton University, Canada will present a paper which "sits at an intersection of three conversations in current writing on political strategies to promote progressive social change. The first is how to think about and forge new forms of political action to contest inequality and marginalization. The second is about the effectiveness of feminist engagements with the state, in particular efforts to make gender equality a touchstone in state-delivered policies and programmes. Third is the growing awareness of the importance of cities - and the local state - both in how inequality and marginalization are experienced, and as a target for political intervention."

Read more about the case study presented in this paper.

23 year old Jyoti Singh Pandey died this week from the injuries she sustained when she was raped, beaten, and thrown from a bus in Delhi by 6 men in December.

In honor of her, and in solidarity with the thousands of people in India, people of all ages and genders and from all walks of life who are filling the streets in protest against this injustice and calling for an end to rape culture, we  join in silent protest.

In respect of Indian custom, wear something white as a colour for mourning.Silent protest will go for 30 minutes, after which there will be speakers.You may bring posters and placards to “speak”, and are invited to say a few words after the speakers.

Click here for more information about the Wellington and Auckland events.

This is a five day course. Optional training and accommodation package available in Hamilton - $850 + gst per person.

Child Matters provides professional NZQA accredited 3 day (conditions apply) and 5 day Child Protection Studies Programme courses arond the country.

For details of course requirements, costs and to enrol, go to: http://www.childmatters.org.nz/39/training-programmes/programme  

Child Matters also provides Child Protection Workshops and a Child Protection Studies Diploma (block courses in various locations) - see www.childmatters.org.nz for details.

This one day training opportunity is presented by Professor David Howe, Emeritus Professor of Social Work at the University of East Anglia, Norwich.

Some of the key concepts presented will include:

• A brief review of the key concepts of Attachment theory, including attachment types, children’s internal working models, early brain development, the role of emotional and sensory regulation, and the adaptive strategies that children develop under different caregiving regimes. 
• Maltreatment and attachment. The developmental consequences for children who have been maltreated are considered, including the adaptive strategies employed by children who suffer abuse and neglect. Understanding the relationship histories and mind states of parents who endanger their children is also key to making sense of caregiving that is abusive and neglectful. 
• An assessment model using an attachment based framework. A video case example will be shown and analysed to illustrate some key assessment principles, including recognizing the importance of people’s relationship histories in order to understand their current behavior. 
• Best practice interventions from an attachment-developmental perspective including preventive, early and tertiary level interventions and approaches. The importance of the parent-worker relationship is highlighted as a way of promoting safety and bringing about change. (from the flyer).

This training is also offered in Auckland (22 November) and Christchurch (26 November).

Download the flyer (PDF, 310 KB)

White Ribbon Day is a campaign led by men who condemn violence against women and take action. It is part of a global campaign committed to ending violence against women.

Go to the White Ribbon Day website

White Ribbon Ride - Registration of Interest to host the riders for this event due in by 31 May 2012. Find out more about White Ribbon Ride 2012 (pdf)

Find more information about the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women

The launch will include an acted scene from the book, readings of brief extracts and acknowledgements followed by drinks and nibbles. For more information, click here.

Date:            Tuesday 20 November 2012

Time:           5.30 pm

Venue:         Atrium (main entrance), Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, 85 Park Road, Grafton

(opposite Auckland City Hospital - parking available in Auckland Domain or surrounding streets)

RSVP to Johanna Beattie j.beattie@auckland.ac.nz by 15 November

Driving Forward Equality for New Zealand Women

Pacific Women's Watch (NZ) Patron, Professor Marilyn Waring, Institute of Public Policy, Auckland University of Technology, will make an opening statement on the conference theme and be followed by a panel of five speakers:

• Janet Fanslow, Associate Professor, School of Population Health, The University of Auckland: Research update
• George Parker, Senior Policy Analyst, Women's Health Action: Health and transgender issues
• Debbie Hager, Coalition for the Safety of Women and Children: Violence, especially impacts for disabled women
• Shila Nair, Senior Advisor, Shakti Community Council: Refugee and migrant issues
• Deborah Moran, International Director, Ministry of Women's Affairs: Targets and benchmarks

After a networking break and morning tea, Heather Henare, Women's Refuge New Zealand's Chief Executive will present her keynote statement. Focus group discussions and a plenary report-back will complete the conference.

Registration fee of $20 can be paid by cheque to PACIFIC WOMEN’S WATCH (NZ) Inc addressed to PWW(NZ) Conference, P.O.Box 99464, Newmarket, Auckland 1149 with your full contact information.

Non-members, individual or organisations are most welcome.  Click here for more information

"Te Rōpu Mate Huka and Ngā Ngaru Hauora invite you to join in a conversation that will explore the challenge – “Kia Takoto Te Manuka”- Is Whanau Ora Working for you?  -  at their annual Hui ā Tau.  The conversation will include kōrero from whānau (from individuals, clinicians and politicians) and the challenges they have faced  along with their solutions to those challenges. Some of our speakers will update us on issues and challenges that we face today. Ultimately, it is our intention to find successful solutions for Whānau and Hapū so we all move into the future living and portraying successful Outcomes for Whānau Ora."

Keynote speakers include: Hon. Tariana Turia, Professor Margaret Mutu, Simon Royale

Click here for more information

Click here to register

or email: ngangaru@pacificadmin.co.nz

Women's Health 2012: Partnering for a Brighter Global Future

"The International Council on Women’s Health Issues (ICOWHI) is an international nonprofit association dedicated to the goal of promoting health, health care, and well-being of women throughout the world through participation, empowerment, advocacy, education, and research.

We are a multidisciplinary network of women’s health providers, planners, and advocates from all over the globe. We constitute an international professional and lay network of those committed to improving women’s health and quality of life." from the ICoHWI website

More information

Research shows that women who experience domestic violence have a more disrupted work history, are on lower personal incomes, have had to change jobs frequently and are more likely to be employed in casual and part time work than women with no experience of violence. Supporting women to maintain employment is critical to economic independence. The Australian Domestic and Family Violence Clearinghouse project Safe at Home, Safe at Work promotes the introduction of domestic violence clauses in industrial instruments with unions and employers. More than 700,000 employees in Australia are now protected by access to domestic violence clauses.

Ludo McFerran has worked on this highly successful project since it commenced in July 2010. Ludo will be visiting New Zealand in November 2012 and will present on the project and share her experience and learnings at public forums in Auckland (6 November - see separate event listing) and Wellington.

Ludo has worked in the field of domestic violence prevention since the 1970s. She has chaired the Australian national peak body and was instrumental in introducing new policies to support those experiencing domestic violence to stay safely in their homes. She has worked at the Australian Domestic and Family Violence Clearinghouse for the past five years, working on violence and homelessness for older women and currently managing the national project on domestic violence and work.

More information about 'Safe at Home, Safe at Work', including resources, training materials, worker information and research is available at the 'Safe at Home, Safe at Work' project website.

No need to RSVP, just turn up.

For more information on the seminar contact: Kiri Hannifin, Women’s Refuge kirihannifin@yahoo.co.nz

Research shows that women who experience domestic violence have a more disrupted work history, are on lower personal incomes, have had to change jobs frequently and are more likely to be employed in casual and part time work than women with no experience of violence. Supporting women to maintain employment is critical to economic independence. The Australian Domestic and Family Violence Clearinghouse's program Safe at Home, Safe at Work promotes the introduction of domestic violence clauses in industrial instruments with unions and employers. More than 650,000 employees in Australia are now protected by access to domestic violence clauses.

Ludo McFerran has worked on this very successful project since it commenced in July 2010. Ludo will be visiting New Zealand in November 2012 and will present on the project and share her experience and learnings at public forums in Auckland and Wellington (13 November - see separate event listing).

More information about 'Safe at Home, Safe at Work', including resources, training materials, worker information and research is available at the 'Safe at Home, Safe at Work' project website.

At the Auckland forum, two shorter presentations will also look at some of the work done on domestic violence and the workplace in New Zealand. Holly Carrington will speak on SHINE's DVFREE program and Teresa Pomeroy and Stephanie Edmond will speak about the "It's not OK" campaign. For more information click here.

To attend RSVP to n.paton@auckland.ac.nz by 26 October 2012.

Whai ki te ara tika - Imagining the Solution is the first national sexual violence primary prevention hui in Aotearoa New Zealand, hosted by TOAH-NNEST with two streams. Nga Kaitiaki Mauri - Whai ki te ara tika is the kaupapa and tikanga Maori stream, and will focus on whanau ora as the foundation for the prevention of sexual violence. Imagining the Solution is the Tauiwi and Bicultural stream, and will focus on the prevention of child sexual abuse; the impact traditional roles around masculinity have on respectful relationships; and primary prevention work within community based models. Each subject area in the Tauiwi stream will feature a keynote speaker/s, and a number of workshops from groups with a related primary prevention focus. The overall theme of the day is celebrating and sharing primary prevention activities and ideas that are succeeding in our diverse Tauiwi and Bicultural communities and agencies.

Click here for programme information (PDF, 1.02 MB)

Click here to download registration form (Word DOC, 222 KB)

For more information contact: Ngā Kaitiaki Mauri Stream - Janine Davis or  Tauiwi & Bicultural Stream - Trina King

This workshop has been developed to provide the family and sexual violence sectors with a broad introduction to Auckland Council.

Topics include:• The Governance Structure• Local Boards• Independent Maori Statutory Board• Committees and Advisory Panels• Te Waka Angamua• Facilities• Disability Advisors• The Auckland Plan, Long Term Plan and Annual Plans• The Community Development Strategy and upcoming policy and strategy

Workshop will include time for questions and answers.

Morning tea provided.

Please RSVP by Friday 12 October with any access or dietary requirements toKelly Maung kelly.maung@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz

Download flyer (PDF 888.42 KB)

HELP invites you to "join us in honouring all those who have made a difference over the last three decades in our work against sexual abuse and our pursuit of a safer community."

Hosted by actress Shavaughn Ruakere ("Roimata" on Shortland Street)

To purchase tickets for $45 per person or to receive more information, please contact HELP on 09 623 1700 or admin@sexualabusehelp.org.nz.

Please RSVP by Monday, 8 October 2012. Canapés and drinks will be served.

Conference theme: The Link.

This year's conferenve  is relevant to the family violence sector as its theme, The Link, canvasses not only animal issues but also the community at large, as it studies the acknowledged link between animal cruelty and human abuse.

Phil Arkow will lead a discussion on the tools available for combating community and family violence at the conference  and will deliver the conference's keynote speech on 'Empathy Education'.

Read more in the NZ Companion Animal Council's press release, 13 August 2012.

Click here for mre information about the conference and to register

Child Matters provides 3 day (conditions apply) and 5 day Child Protection Studies Programme courses arond the country.

For details of course requirements, costs and to enrol, go to: http://www.childmatters.org.nz/39/training-programmes/programme  

Child Matters also provides Child Protection Workshops and a Child Protection Studies Diploma (block courses in various locations) - see www.childmatters.org.nz for details.

This lunchtime seminar will be presented by Dr Naeemah Abrahams.

Dr Naeemah Abrahams is the Deputy Director of the Gender & Health Research Unit of the South African Medical Research Council. She has a nursing background and completed a Master’s in Public Health at the University of Western Cape in 1997 and a Ph.D. in Community Health in 2002 at the University of Cape Town. She has a two honorary appointment:  as a Honorary Associated Professor with UCT Faculty of Health Sciences in the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, as well as Extraordinary Professor with UWC Faculty of Community Health Sciences in the School of Public Health. She has worked in the area of gender based violence for the last 18 years. Her research focus include gender based violence and the interface between GBV and HIV.

Contact the Interdisciplinary Trauma Centre for more information

Theme: "Respect & Represent!"

This is a forum for ethnic youth led by ethnic youth.

"SHAKTI YOUTH UNIT brings you the 3rd MYNZ 2012 regional conference. This year, our theme is “Respect & Represent”. Everyone has the right to be respected. But as a young person, how do you “get” respect? What comes with respect? How do we learn to represent ourselves without disrespecting others? When violence is a reality in our lives, what role can we young people take to challenge its acceptance in our communities? From Roskill to ‘Rewa, join us for an all-day forum of workshops, listen to real role models from our own communities and be part of some youth-focused discussions."

Click here for more information and registration

The theme of the 2012 conference is Building resilience: renewing individuals, families and communities.

The INIHKD is an international assembly dedicated to improving the lives of Indigenous peoples globally through Indigenous and community-led research, health services and workforce development. It facilitates a framework for the exchange of ideas, models and experiences in three main categories:\

1. Education, Training and Workforce2. Health Services3. Research

Activities such as this Conference, provide a forum to build capacity, stimulate research, and strengthen and expand the international knowledge translation system. The aim is to translate new knowledge from the research setting to real-world applications in order to provide more effective services, thereby improving the future for Indigenous people.

Click here for more information

This seminar is presented by Dr Eduardo Duran and Professor Karina Walters.

He Kokonga Whare Research ProgrammeHe Kokonga Whare: Māori Intergenerational Trauma and Healing is a research programme led by Dr Paul Reynolds and Dr Cherryl Smith, from Te Atawhai o Te Ao in Whanganui in collaboration with Māori and Indigenous Analysis Ltd., and Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu. This is only the second Māori-led programme awarded by the Health Research Council (HRC) in 20 years.

The research programme focuses on Māori historical trauma and healing to generate new knowledge on the inter-­‐generational impacts of colonialism among Māori. Māori experience high rates of trauma which can be passed from one generation to another, and is correlated with a range of health and social problems from heart disease to imprisonment. The programme investigates ways that Māori people experience and seek healing from trauma.

The Impact of Sexual Violence on Maori project (Sexual Violence Project) This project is led by Dr Leonie Pihama (MAIA) and Ms Rihi Te Nana in collaboration with Māori Providers including Tu Tama Wahine o Taranaki Inc. The project explores key healing practices and Kaupapa Māori solutions for healing those impacted upon by sexual violence.

Supported by: Māori and Indigenous Analysis Ltd; Te Runanga Ngai Tahu; and Te Atawhai o Te Ao.

RSVP: www.kokongawhare.eventbrite.com or contact maryann.lee@auckland.ac.nz | ph: +64 9 623 8899 ext 46303

Click here for more information

Theme: Achieving justice for all in local, domestic & international settings.

The conference will bring together practitioners, reformers and researchers working at local, national and international levels. The intention is to explore interactions, linkages and divergences about participatory justice for victims of violence in different settings.

More information

SAFVPN Training Workshop

Cost: Members $100, Non-members $120

To register or find out more information please contact info@safvpn.org.nz  or phone (09) 278 9266

 The Cartwright Anniversary Seminar is an annual Women’s Health Action event held to recognise the release of the Report of the Cervical Cancer Inquiry 1988, known as the ‘Cartwright Inquiry’ after the presiding judge Dame Sylvia Cartwright.

This year’s seminar will explore women’s experiences of negotiating relationship separation and care of children within the Family Court and the dynamics of gender in the Court that are creating barriers to justice for women and their children. The seminar will include a panel of presenters followed by discussion.

Download the seminar flyer to register (PDF, 399 KB) by 5 September 2012.

This half-day event acknowledges the advent of Whānau Ora as source of innovation in services, operating in the community. What was initiated as a strongly Māori kaupapa has become a key feature in social service and iwi development. The symposium draws together three key speakers to present ideas that lie behind the roll out of the policy as models of practice generated by the innovation are emerging.

Speakers, Di Grennell, Kim Workman and Sharon Aroha Hawke.

Please register by emailing Margaret Barnett at ma.barnett@auckland.ac.nz  by 28 August 2012

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The presenters, Peter Thompson and Anni Rowland-Campbell, discuss the external truths about authentic communication and the new threats and opportunities created by digital media.

Moderator: Dr Valentina Cardo, The University of Auckland.

Also offered in Wellington (23 August 2012).

12:00 - 12:30 Lunch and networking12:30 - 1.45 Presentation and Questions and Answers

Click here to register by 21 August 2012

Download the flyer (PDF)

Click here for other ANZOG events

Featuring face painting and dance competitions for the kids, information tables for the parents.

Supported by Child, Youth and Family, SAFVPN, It's Not OK Campaign and Teal Ribbon Violence Free.

Download the poster (JPEG, 2 MB)

Read the press release, SAFVPN, 14 August 2012

A two day advanced training course for professionals who work in the area of social services or criminal justice (Prerequirsite - 1 day Introductory course)

Topics covered include:

• Barriers to leaving an abusive relationship
• Theory-based understanding of domestic abuse
• Understanding the context of domestic abuse
• Dynamics relating to gender, culture, in gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender domestic abuse
• Experience of children living with domestic abuse
• Parenting capacity of perpetrators and victims
• Children’s resilience
• Imperatives of intervention
• Assessing risk to adult and child victims
• Safety planning with women and children
• Professional dangerousness

Click here for more information

SAFVPN Training Workshop

Cost: Members $100, Non-members $120

To register or find out more information please contact info@safvpn.org.nz  or phone (09) 278 9266

Featuring Lesley Elliott - Sophie’s Story “What WE Missed”Also featuring

Carl Davidson, Chief Families Commissioner for NZ

MC - Bill O’Brien, Ex Police Offi cer, New Zealand author and co-author of Sophie’s Legacy

Proudly Sponsored by DT Oven Specialists Ltd.

For TicketsCall Daniel 03 332 9654; Mob: 0274 693 500

Email: dtovenspecialists@hotmail.co.nz

Tickets $85

Includes 3 course set menu dinner, anddrinks (wine, beer and non-alcoholic).

From the website:

This workshop will provide an opportunity for facilitators to explore new and innovative approaches that extend their practice. It will introduce facilitators to advances in intervention approaches that are now replacing those based upon psycho-educational.

These new approaches include motivational techniques, mindfulness, schema based work and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. In addition there is the opportunity to reflect upon practice and engage in group based supervision of issues.

Click here for more information and registration

Free One Day Workshops for professionals in the following places around Auckland between 11 July and 29 August 2012

• Otara 11th July
• Otahuhu 12th July
• Panmure 18th July
• Orewa 1st August
• Takapuna 2nd August
• Grey Lynn 3rd August
• Manurewa 6th August
• Clendon 7th August
• Papakura 8th August
• Mangere 14th August
• Pukekohe 15th August
• Westgate 20th August
• Onehunga 21st August
• Waitakere 23rd August
• Grey Lynn 24th August
• Otahuhu 28th August
• Manurewa 29th August

From the flyer:

It takes all of us to keep children and young people safe, and professionals like you can make all the difference.

When we each play our part in looking out for children, we can do more to provide help early, prevent things from getting worse for families who might be struggling, and make sure children grow up safe and strong.

In this free workshop you’ll learn about the things you can do if you’re worried, and the people who can help.

We’d like to invite you:

To join us in this one-day workshop, developed for professionals working with children and families.

What you will learn

You’ll be part of group of health, education and social service professionals learning about:

• Everyone’s role in a child protection community

• “We’ve been given the knowledge and encouraged not to sit back and stay still but to do something - we can help that one child.”  Community worker

  Recognising the signs of children and families at risk

• When is it child abuse?
• What can I do to help?
• Child, Youth and Family’s role and processes
• Working together to keep kids safe.

For more information, please contact:

Email:enrolments@childmatters.org.nz

-Fax: 07 838 9950

Any queries please phone Kate on 07 838 3370

"The environment of children living with addictive adults has been characterised by lack of parenting, poor home management and a lack of family communications skills.Children living in homes where there is parental substance abuse can find life difficult, unpredictable and confusing and they may exhibit signs of depression and anxiety more than children of non-addictive parents.

This interactive workshop will look at ways to support children and young people living with addictive adults; and ways to help them to take care of themselves." [from the flyer]

Facilitated by Stephen Scott, Salavation Army Officer and Carole Scott from a nursing background.

This is a workshop in the Skiylight “Talking to Kids About..” series. These workshops provide professional development for those working in environments where they are supporting people through challenging life events and crises.

Click here to go to the Skylight website for more information and registration

The 5th Biennial Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga conference will highlight indigeneity and the multidisciplinary approach used for indigenous development. Presentations and papers will address all aspects of the following themes central to the realisation of indigenous development:

• Optimising Indigenous Economic Wellbeing
• Healthy and Thriving Indigenous Families
• Enhancing Indigenous Distinctiveness

Click here for more information and registration

Keynote Speakers: Dr Pita Sharples, Superintendent  John Tims (NZ Police) and Richard Wharemate (CYF)

Entertainment: Ben Lummis, SMASHPROOF and Local schools

Lighting of candles to acknowledge those children and women who have passed away through child abuse and domestic violence.

An opportunity for the community to come together  to  remember the victims of violence.

RSVP essential - as a light breakfast will be provided at the Mangere Hall after the lighting of the candles.

Contact: manager@safvpn.org.nz  or 092789266

Download the flyer

Clare Murphy presents a lunchtime seminar on Deepening an Understanding of Men’s Psychological Abuse Against Female Partners.

 Domestic violence is not cyclical – there is no honeymoon period for women whose male partners engage in an ongoing campaign of coercive control – whether he ever uses physical violence or not. Women who enter a relationship with a man they love and trust end up confused, ashamed, and driven crazy when that man simultaneously engages in a range of contradictory subtle, covert control tactics that are mostly unseen or minimised by outsiders. Clare Murphy draws from the voices of women and men she interviewed for her Masters and PhD research to explain psychological abuse from their perspectives.

 Clare Murphy is based in Auckland and has worked in the domestic violence field for 12 years as a researcher, programme facilitator, counsellor, supervisor and writer. She has a PhD from QUT in Sociology and Social Justice. Clare counsels men who control women and women who experience psychological abuse and she writes a website – www.speakoutloud.net – on the subject. Clare supervises human service professionals (face-to-face or Skype) for one-off or longer-term assistance in dealing with domestic violence. Clare uses a contemporary gender analysis and social ecological approach to intervening in and preventing domestic violence and wrote an issues paper and accompanying tools document available at the NZ Family Violence Clearinghouse website titled: "Building collaborations to eliminate family violence: facilitators, barriers and good practice" and "Tools to support multi-agency collaboration".

This workshop will be presented by John Caffaro Ph.D.

John Caffaro Ph.D. is an internationally recognized expert on sibling violence and has trained child maltreatment and mental health professionals across the United States, Europe, and Asia. He is a former expert consultant for the California Statewide Child Welfare Services Redesign and has authored numerous peerreviewed publications on child maltreatment, sibling abuse, and family systems approaches to treating post-traumatic stress.

This workshop is also offered in Christchurch (5 June 2012)

Download registration form

This training day is offered to any social service, community organisation or health practitioner who works with clients or whānau affected by family violence.

Included in the training:

• Understanding DV Act including Protection and Police Safety Orders
• Dynamics of abusive relationships, cycles of violence, and why leaving is so hard
• Assessing for risk
• Recognising and responding to abuse practically and safely
• Safety Planning
• When to refer and Refuge services

                             To register by 8 June 2012,

Contact:   Eleanor Butterworth: (04) 939 0455 or email: eleanor@wwr.org.nz

This workshop will be presented by John Caffaro Ph.D.

John Caffaro Ph.D. is an internationally recognized expert on sibling violence and has trained child maltreatment and mental health professionals across the United States, Europe, and Asia. He is a former expert consultant for the California Statewide Child Welfare Services Redesign and has authored numerous peerreviewed publications on child maltreatment, sibling abuse, and family systems approaches to treating post-traumatic stress.

The workshop is also offered in Auckland (13 June 2012).

Download registration form 

This seminar will feature speakers from Massey University, New Zealand Police, Auckland Methamphetamine Co-ordinating Group, Stellar Trust and New Zealand Drug Foundation.

Seminar Chairperson is Denis O'Reilly

Download the seminar flyer for more information

To attend, please RSVP to Trina Baggett, trina.baggett@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz

Family Violence Symposium 2012 - Strengthening systems to eliminate family violence

The Families Commission and the New Zealand Family Violence Clearinghouse are pleased to present a one day family violence symposium for practitioners, policymakers and researchers.

The focus will be on strengthening systems to support family violence prevention and intervention.

Keynote speakers

Dr Marion Frere, Department of Justice, Victoria, AustraliaDr Frere will discuss the whole-of-government approach to family violence reforms in Victoria, Australia.

Professor Darrin Hodgetts, University of WaikatoProfessor Hodgetts will present on societal violence in everyday life.

Workshops include

• Victorian whole-of-government reforms
• Relational nature of Māori men’s health
• Tools for building and sustaining effective collaborations
• New Police family violence process changes
• Organisational culture and multi-agency initiatives
• Professionals responding to disclosures of sexual violence
• Key factors in successful community collaboration
• Understanding family violence data
• “It’s not OK” in local communities

Registration $80 plus GST. Spaces limited so please book early

 For the full programme and to register online, go to the Families Commission website 

For further information, please contact Penny Dring-Aust, ph;  (04) 917 7055 or email: penny.dring-aust@nzfamilies.org.nz

Download flyer to print (pdf)

Please note: Keynote speaker Dr Marion Frere will be repeating her presentation at a public seminar in Auckland on Wednesday 30 May.

The one-day RAP workshop – aimed at youth workers, health promoters, teachers and violence prevention professionals – provides new ideas, training and support as well as tools and resources to use with rangatahi.

RAP youth programme trainer Dale Ferris will deliver presentations during May 2012 in:

• Taumaranui (11 May)
• Invercargill (15 May)
• Christchurch (16 & 17 May)
• Kaikoura (18 May)

 RAP: Respect All People – Whakamana Tangata supports schools, youth organisations and services working with young people to take a leadership role in reducing and replacing violence in the environments they provide to young people.  

 Funded by the Ministry of Health, RAP is managed by the National Network of Stopping Violence, Te Kupenga, a network or ‘he kupenga’ of 42 independent community-based organisations working to end violence and abuse in families in Aotearoa-New Zealand.

  For more information about the RAP project go the website, www.respect.org.nz,

To register for the training workshop, go to the ‘What’s Up’ page and click on the calendar date for the registration form. 

The one-day RAP workshop – aimed at youth workers, health promoters, teachers and violence prevention professionals – provides new ideas, training and support as well as tools and resources to use with rangatahi.

RAP youth programme trainer Dale Ferris will deliver presentations during May 2012 in:

• Taumaranui (11 May)
• Invercargill (15 May)
• Christchurch (16 & 17 May)
• Kaikoura (18 May)

 RAP: Respect All People – Whakamana Tangata supports schools, youth organisations and services working with young people to take a leadership role in reducing and replacing violence in the environments they provide to young people.  

 Funded by the Ministry of Health, RAP is managed by the National Network of Stopping Violence, Te Kupenga, a network or ‘he kupenga’ of 42 independent community-based organisations working to end violence and abuse in families in Aotearoa-New Zealand.

  For more information about the RAP project go the website, www.respect.org.nz,

To register for the training workshop, go to the ‘What’s Up’ page and click on the calendar date for the registration form.  Please indicate which day you wish to attend in Christchurch.

The one-day RAP workshop – aimed at youth workers, health promoters, teachers and violence prevention professionals – provides new ideas, training and support as well as tools and resources to use with rangatahi.

RAP youth programme trainer Dale Ferris will deliver presentations during May 2012 in:

• Taumaranui (11 May)
• Invercargill (15 May)
• Christchurch (16 & 17 May)
• Kaikoura (18 May)

 RAP: Respect All People – Whakamana Tangata supports schools, youth organisations and services working with young people to take a leadership role in reducing and replacing violence in the environments they provide to young people.  

 Funded by the Ministry of Health, RAP is managed by the National Network of Stopping Violence, Te Kupenga, a network or ‘he kupenga’ of 42 independent community-based organisations working to end violence and abuse in families in Aotearoa-New Zealand.

  For more information about the RAP project go the website, www.respect.org.nz,

To register for the training workshop, go to the ‘What’s Up’ page and click on the calendar date for the registration form.

This training day is offered to any social service, community organisation or health practitioner who works with clients or whānau affected by family violence.

Included in the training:

• Understanding DV Act including Protection and Police Safety Orders
• Dynamics of abusive relationships, cycles of violence, and why leaving is so hard
• Assessing for risk
• Recognising and responding to abuse practically and safely
• Safety Planning
• When to refer and Refuge services

                             To register by 30 April 2012,

Contact:   Eleanor Butterworth: (04) 939 0455 or

   eleanor@wwr.org.nz

Step Up for Children: sharing the responsibility to keep children safe is a two day conference with workshops organised by the Child Focus Group Auckland North, supported by Auckland Council, North Shore Community & Social Services and others.

Click here for the conference programme (PDF)

Click here for the registration form (Word doc)

For more information contact stepupforchildren@gmail.com or (09) 815 4601 Ext 731 

The network meeting aims to support those working within primary health care to develop a formal systems-led family violence intervention programme.

For those interested or active in primary health care family violence prevention and intervention, including: General Practitioners, PHO Managers, Nurses, Primary Health Care Family Violence Coordinators and Champions.

You are invited to join with others working to address family violence as a primary health care issue to:

• Create a collective voice for primary health care family violence intervention.
• Develop recommendations for sustainable national model.
• Empower and support one another through networking.
• Share resources and experiences.
• Learn what is available to support development

Funding is available to support those travelling from outside Auckland.

Disability Parking on request

Please register for travel or catering requirements by 20 April 2012

For more information contact Annette Goodwin at AUT UniversityEmail: agoodwin@aut.ac.nz or Tel: (09) 921 9999 x7152

In the past decade, a range of community and government interagency initiatives have been developed across Aotearoa /New Zealand to address domestic violence. Responses such as the Family Violence Interagency Response System, Police safety teams and a number of other interagency initiatives have been introduced with the purpose of providing an effective co-ordinated response. Experience and research tells us that successful interagency responses increase the safety and wellbeing of individuals, whānau, families and communities.

So what is it that makes a real difference? How do we measure success?

Te Kupenga (the National Network of Stopping Violence Services) in partnership with Women’s Refuge and assisted by government partners, is pleased to announce that Graham Barnes from the Battered Women Justice Project in Minneapolis, Minnesota, will deliver a series of training workshops on Effective Co-ordinated Community Responses (CCR) to Domestic Violence. Graham has worked in the area of domestic violence for 20 years in New Zealand and internationally, focusing on co-ordinated community responses.

This training workshop is also offered in Wellington, Auckland and Christchurch.

Download the workshop flyer and registration form 

Dr Sari Andajani, Senior Lecturer – Department of Community Health Development, AUT University will present a one hour seminar - Researching domestic violence in Indonesia. 

This presentation contributes to the cross-cultural understanding of gender-based violence. This presentation will summarise two studies on domestic violence in Indonesia which examined women’s definition and experiences of domestic violence in two provinces - East Java and in West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia.

Results of both studies include the high prevalence of domestic violence during pregnancy and early motherhood, women’s accounts on the culturally appropriate way to use ‘unwanted sex’ opposed to ‘forced sex.’ Further both studies underline the relevance of cultural specificity for different definition of domestic violence as well as the applicability of internationally recognised definition and assessment on domestic violence.

For more information, contact the Interdisciplinary Trauma Research Centre

This conference is organised by EVAW (End Violence Against Women International).

An opportunity to join fellow law enforcement personnel, prosecutors, victim advocates, judges, parole and probation officers, rape crisis workers, medical personnel, faith community members, educators and others at an international  conference highlighting promising practices and emerging issues in sexual assault, domestic violence and stalking.

For more information and to register

Recognising & Responding to Child Abuse

When a child dies from abuse or neglect someone always says “I knew something was wrong but didn’t know what to do”. Find out what to do when you are concerned about the welfare of a child. Identify the support and help that is available.  More about this workshop

Enrolments for Workshops closing soon.

Child Protection Studies Workshops form stage 1 of the Child Matters' training model.  For information about other training programes offered by Child Matters including the one year Diploma go to the

Child Matters Training Programmes webpage

This conference will provide CEOs, managers, senior staff and board members of community based (NGO) social services with information on the future of social service provision in New Zealand. This will be a challenging and thought provoking conference that explores the thinking behind government policy and practice and provides an opportunity for the sector to begin to develop a vision for our whānau, families and communities.

An add-on one day conference: Auckland Futures - Co-ordiinating Auckland Social Futures will be held on 20 Aporl.

More information and registration

Recognising & Responding to Child Abuse

When a child dies from abuse or neglect someone always says “I knew something was wrong but didn’t know what to do”. Find out what to do when you are concerned about the welfare of a child. Identify the support and help that is available.  More about this workshop

Enrolments for Workshops closing soon.

Child Protection Studies Workshops form stage 1 of the Child Matters' training model.  For information about other training programes offered by Child Matters including the one year Diploma go to the

Child Matters Training Programmes webpage

This training day is offered to any social service, community organisation or health practitioner who works with clients or whānau affected by family violence.

Included in the training:

• Understanding DV Act including Protection and Police Safety Orders
• Dynamics of abusive relationships, cycles of violence, and why leaving is so hard
• Assessing for risk
• Recognising and responding to abuse practically and safely
• Safety Planning
• When to refer and Refuge services

                             To register by 30 March 2012,

Contact:   Eleanor Butterworth: (04) 939 0455 or

   eleanor@wwr.org.nz

 Please note if you cancel with less than one weeks notice you will be invoiced anyway.

Safe and secure? How safe are women in New Zealand now? What needs to happen to protect women and their children? A lunchtime forum on violence against women.

Violence against women continues to increase in this country. Please join us at this forum to hear about current issues in the areas of sexual and domestic violence that need our urgent attention.

 Speakers include:

Dr Kim McGregor (Rape Prevention Education)

Kiri Hannifin (Women’s Refuge)

Dr Jan Jordan (Institute of Criminology, Victoria University of Wellington)

A call to action, all welcome

More information, contact: info@roundtablevaw.org.nz

Sex & Ethics is an award-winning innovative and strengths-based sexual and dating violence prevention programme developed by Assoc. Professor Moira Carmody, University of Western Sydney, Australia. The “Train the Trainer” programme offers the first step in training potential educators to deliver the Sex & Ethics programme within their communities.

Facilitated by educators trained and accredited by Wellington Sexual Abuse Network, the five day Sex & Ethics Aotearoa/New Zealand: “Train the Trainer” programme will train participants in facilitating and delivering the six week programme, including evaluation, setting up a programme in your own community, and probationary and accreditation processes.

 To receive an application pack, which includes acceptance criteria, contact Liz Willoughby-Martin at lizw@wellingtonrapecrisis.org.nz  

or phone 04 801 8970

 Book early, limited to 20 places

To

Recognising & Responding to Child Abuse

When a child dies from abuse or neglect someone always says “I knew something was wrong but didn’t know what to do”. Find out what to do when you are concerned about the welfare of a child. Identify the support and help that is available.  More about this workshop

Enrolments for Workshops closing soon.

Child Protection Studies Workshops form stage 1 of the Child Matters' training model.  For information about other training programes offered by Child Matters including the one year Diploma go to the

Child Matters Training Programmes webpage

This training day is offered to any social service, community organisation or health practitioner who works with clients or whānau affected by family violence.

Included in the training:

• Understanding DV Act including Protection and Police Safety Orders
• Dynamics of abusive relationships, cycles of violence, and why leaving is so hard
• Assessing for risk
• Recognising and responding to abuse practically and safely
• Safety Planning
• When to refer and Refuge services

                             To register by 9 March 2012,

Contact:   Eleanor Butterworth: (04) 939 0455 or

   eleanor@wwr.org.nz

 Please note if you cancel with less than one weeks notice you will be invoiced anyway.

New Zealand celebrates Children's Day on the first Sunday in March each year.

Events are held around the country.

Go to the Children's Day website for information about events in your area or you register an event.

This hui for the Auckland region is co-hosted by Auckland Council and the Ministry of Social Development.

The purpose of the hui is to provide the sector with the opportunity to come together and discuss what contribution Auckland Council could have to the prevention of family and whānau violence, and sexual violence.  This will then be used to develop submissions into Auckland Council’s Long Term Plan.

*Please note that registrations have now closed as capacity has been reached.*

Information about the hui, including background information and papers, is available below.

Click here for the invitation (or here for Word format)

Click here for directions to Orakei marae

59 Kitemoana St, Orakei, Auckland 1745

*NEW* Click here for the Programme for the day (or here for Word format)

Click here for Guidelines for an accessible and inclusive regional hui (or here for Word format)

Guidelines for the organisers of the hui, caucuses and participants on ensuring the hui is inclusive and provides accessibility with dignity for disabled people.

*NEW* Caucus presentations

Whanau Tu Rangatira – Regional Maori Roopu:

Click here for Whanau Tu Rangatira – South presentation (or here for Word format)

Click here for Whanau Tu Rangatira – North presentation (or here for Word format)

Click here for Whanau Tu Rangatira – Central/East

Click here for Te Waihono a Kupe – West presentation (or here for Word format)

Click here for Tatai Atawhai – West presentation

Click here for Pasifika Caucus presentation (or here for Word format)

Click here for Ethnic Caucus presentation (or here for Word format)

Click here for Family Violence Network presentation (or here for Word format)

Click here for Sexual Violence Intervention Network presentation (or here for Word format)

 Background reading

Click here for information on the structure of Auckland Council (or here for Word format)

Provides a brief overview about the structure of Auckland Council including governance (Mayor, councillors and Local Boards) and where family and sexual violence prevention sits within Council.

*NEW* Click here for Auckland Council’s draft Long Term Plan and information on the submission process

Click here for Prevention and Policy meeting notes (or here for Word format)

Summary of the meeting focussing on Prevention and Policy hosted by Rape Prevention Education on 24 January 2012.

Click here for Briefing Paper: The Community Sexual Violence Sector, Auckland Region (or here for Word format)

Written by Paulette Benton-Greig for Auckland Sexual Abuse HELP Foundation (2011). Provides information about sexual violence, outlines the services and interventions being provided within the Auckland region by specialist sexual violence community-based providers and information about opportunities for innovation and development and gaps and challenges in meeting the needs of the Auckland population.

Click here for the booklet Domestic violence and disabled people (or here for Word format)

Produced by the Domestic Violence and Disability Working Group. A booklet primarily for disabled people and their carers about domestic violence and keeping safe. Also provides information for a broader audience on issues faced by disabled people.

Click here for Briefing Paper for Auckland Council: Sexual and domestic violence and disability (or here for Word format)

Produced by the Domestic Violence and Disability Working Group (February 2012). Gives an overview of key issues facing disabled people who experience sexual or domestic violence and makes recommendations for Auckland Council.

Click here for Disability and Domestic and Sexual Violence (or here for Word format)

Produced by the Domestic Violence and Disability Working Group (February 2012). Summary of recommendations for Auckland Council on supporting initiatives to prevent and stop domestic and sexual violence against disabled women and women with disabled children.

Click here for the Taskforce Programme of Action (or here for Word format)

Produced by the Taskforce for Action on Violence within Families (2011). Outlines the areas and actions that the Taskforce will focus on during 2011-12.

Click here for The Way Forward: Taking action to end violence against women and girls (or here for Word format)

Published by the Greater London Authority (2010). Mayor of London’s strategy to end all forms of violence against women and girls in the UK’s capital.

Click here for Respect position statement: gender and domestic violence (or here for Word format)

Published by Respect (2008). A position statement from Respect, one of the UK’s leading NGOs working with perpetrators of domestic violence.

*NEW*  Click here for the Executive summary of A Mana Tane Echo of Hope (or here for Word format)

Ruwhiu, Leland A. et al (2009). A mana tane echo of hope: dispelling the illusion of whānau violence - Taitokerau Tāne Māori speak out. Amokura Family Violence Prevention Consortium.  Full report available from the NZFVC Library

For more information, please contact Kelly Maung, email: kelly.maung@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz

This introductory workshop will help participants to understand New Zealand and international Human Rights frameworks and how Human Rights legislation can be used to improve practice and policy related to domestic and sexual violence.  The topics we will cover are:

• An introduction to New Zealand and international human rights frameworks and the duty to protect. 
• New Zealand human rights legislation and international covenants that New Zealand is signatory to, with a particular focus on violence against women, the rights of children and the rights of persons with disabilities.
• How to use national and international human rights instruments to make complaints and encourage the development of more enabling public policy.
• Practical focus – what next?

Presented by Kris Gledhill, Lecturer, Law school, The University of Auckland

Who is this training for?

All staff from domestic and sexual violence agencies, disability support staff, health professionals, community workers, social workers, therapists, health and social service agency staff, police, lawyers, other people who may interact with people who are victims of sexual and/or domestic violence.

To register, contact Jacqui Carlson phone 09 625 3310 Jacqui.Carlson@ccsdisabilityaction.org.nz

For more information, contact

For more information: Debbie Hager   Email debbie.neil@clear.net.nz 

This research symposium on addiction and families will feature a number of speakers: Jim Orford, Helen Warren, Ian MacEwan, Peter Adams, Rachael Butler, Michelle Brewerton and the Kina Team.

Jim Orford is Emeritus Professor of Clinical and Community Psychology at the University of Birmingham in England. He has had a long and distinguished career in which he has published widely on addictions with a particular focus on families.

More information

A day of exploring, listening, talking, debating and coming together on community issues. 

RSVP to: mandy@communitywaitakere.org.nz

This training is for any social service, community organisation or health practitioner who works with clients or whānau affected by family violence.

Included in the training:

• Understanding DV Act including Protection and Police Safety Orders
• Dynamics of abusive relationships, cycles of violence, and why leaving is so hard
• Assessing for risk
• Recognising and responding to abuse practically and safely
• Safety Planning
• When to refer and Refuge services

To register by 26th November

Contact:

Eleanor Butterworth: 939 0455, or

email: Eleanor.butterworth@wwr.org.nz

A wānanga for Māori kai mahi, working in the field of whānau and family violence.

This wānanga will look at and delve into our own reflective processes contrasted against the psychopathy of offenders using clinical case studies.

There will be plenty of opportunity for you to discuss your views.

The wānanga will conclude with discussing the pathway forward.

Wānanga Topics

• What are we doing that makes members of our whānau think it’s ok to rape, torture and kill our tamariki?
• How do we keep ourselves safe?
• What schedules minimise and maintain violence?
• Traits and characteristics profiling abusers patterns of behaviour
• What permission do we give people to love one another?
• When our mokos grow up what perspectives will they have?
• Waiora
• Restorative frameworks
• Where to from here

This wananga is being  who provide Hauraki Women’s Refuge and Whanau Support Services and a 24hr Crisis-line

This wānanga will be facilitated by Whaitiri Mikaere who is from Ngāti Pukenga ki Waiau. Whaitiri brings with her

• 10 years experience in clinical and social settings
• A background in psychology, health and social research
• BSc Psychology
• PGDipSci Forensic Psychiatry
• Alumna Faculty of Science, The University of Auckland

RSVP Your Interest

Please phone Luana at Te Whariki Manawahine O Hauraki on 07 8688475 to register your interest in attending

What to bring with you

Koha to help cover costs

Your sense of humor and eagerness to contribute and participate.

A one day seminar for community and govenment organisations, academics, researchers and individuals with an interest in the tangata whenua, community and voluntary sector.

Topics discussed will include 'pathways to positive development for Muslim Immigrant youth in Western Contexts', 'Forced and Underage Marriage in New Zealand', 'A better understanding of Men's informal help-seeking experience', 'the possibilities of siting the social work role within a GP', 'Piloting a tool for cultural impact assessment in local government decisions'.

For more information and to register.

Free Lunchtime seminar presented by Sarah Widmer, Te Pūni Kōkiri

Seminar Overview

This presentation is for a lunchtime seminar for both new and experienced evaluators. It will describe the monitoring and evaluation activity that has occurred to date in the development of the Whānau Ora initiative. It will reflect on some of the challenges and learning's around developing durable monitoring and evaluation measures for a complex, multidimensional, fast-paced policy initiative. 30 minute presentation, 30 minute discussion

Presenter Profile

Sarah Widmer has been with Te Pūni Kōkiri since July 2011. She is a senior analyst in the Research, Information and Monitoring team, and is overseeing the monitoring and evaluation activity in the Whānau Ora

Networking

Before the seminar, there is an opportunity to get networked with other evaluators, over a tea/ coffee. Please bring your lunch.

This conference is a collaborative effort of the University of New Hampshire School of Law, the University of New Hampshire and the New Hampshire Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence.

A major theme of the conference will focus on demonstrating how practice informs research as well as how research and evaluation improve the delivery of services to victims of sexual assault and/or domestic violence. 

Questions about the 2011 Conference can be directed to Melissa Hurd, Conference Administrator at vawaconference@law.unh.edu 

For more information please visit the University of New Hampshire's School of Law site. 

This conference is for anyone interested in or working with whānau and families where children may be experiencing violence, abuse and neglect. There will be opportunity to connect with practitioners from a variety of organisations and services involved with children and families to discuss and share ideas on how to put children at the centre of family/whānau related practices.

Conference information and registration

or contact: Jillian Walker

Ph: (04) 385 7983

Email: jillian@jigsaw.org.nz

This Congress will focus strongly on clinically relevant and practically useful interventions aiming at treating and reducing violent behaviour of psychiatric and forensic patients. However this time we would also like to focus on severe problem behaviour in persons with intellectually disability. Hence the overall congress theme “challenges for care and treatment”. The broad multidisciplinary scope of the European Congress on Violence in Clinical Psychiatry is expressed in the various subthemes that will be addressed in Prague in 2011: Assessment and treatment of sexual violence Biological determinants & factors of violence Service user perspectives on violence Gender aspects of violence Impact and effect of coercive measures on patients Impact and effect of violence on staff and caregivers Ethical and legal perspectives on violence Strategies for reducing coercive measures Nature, epidemiology and cross-cultural aspects of violence Pharmacological treatments for violent patients Psychological treatments, therapies & trainings for violent patients Risk & Strength Assessment: prediction of violence Specific populations: forensic Specific populations: intellectually disabled Specific populations: child & adolescent Specific populations: elderly Training and education of staff The Congress website is here: http://bit.ly/bMAg0P

Conference theme: Linking Research, Policy & Practice.

This Conference provides a forum for people from all disciplines and philosophies to gather for in-depth exchange of current information on all facets of violence, abuse and trauma prevention, intervention and research. This conference attracts researchers, practitioners, advocates, consumer-survivors, and front-line workers from all disciplines. Topic tracks span intimate partner violence, child maltreatment, children exposed to violence, at risk youth, criminal justice issues, sexual assault, people with disabilities, treatment of victims and offenders, elder abuse, trauma, and more. This year’s Conference also includes Reflections on 9/11: a Decade Later and the National Partnership to End Interpersonal Violence Across the Lifespan Summit and Research Sessions: A Conference within A Conference.

For more information, go to the conference website.

 Pacific women's rights experts will discuss women's rights and perspectives in the Pacific, alongside the Pacific Forum Leaders' Meeting.

Download this flyer for more information (PDF, 430KB)

Pacific women’s rights experts will discuss women’s rights and participation in the Pacific, alongside the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders’ Meeting.

Pacific women’s rights experts will discuss women’s rights and participation in the Pacific, alongside the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders’ Meeting.

Child Matters provides 3 day (conditions apply) and 5 day Child Protection Studies Programme courses arond the country.

For details of course requirements, costs and to enrol, go to: http://www.childmatters.org.nz/39/training-programmes/programme  

Child Matters also provides Child Protection Workshops and a Child Protection Studies Diploma (block courses in various locations) - see www.childmatters.org.nz for details.

This conference will have 21 workshops and 3 guest speakers covering all forms of Family Violence. Registration forms will be out in February 2011. If you would like to present a workshop please forward your Expression of Interest with the following information to HRC by e-mail or post: A brief out-line about you, who you work for and what your workshop will be about. This information is needed for the registration forms. Expressions of interest will go before the HRC Board of Governance for consideration and you will be notified if the workshops have been accepted. Please include preferred days and time for workshops. Contact person is Pam Bassett, HRC Family Counselling Services, PO Box 196, Hawera 4610, ph 06 278 6399 or email hrcfc@xtra.co.nz

 A Department of Psychology seminar presented by Pamela ScullyProfessor of Women's Studies and African StudiesChair, Department of Women's StudiesEmory University Since the mid 1990s various international instruments have focused on rape in war time and the experiences of women in war and post conflict--these include the Declaration on Elimination of Violence against Women (1993), Security Council Resolution 1325 on women, war and security, and subsequent SCRs such as 1820, which explicitly focuses on protecting women and girls from sexual violence in wartime. In part owing to this new focus, eradicating gender-based violence has become a key feature of development practice in the global south. This talk examines the best practices which have evolved since the late 1990s to deal with sexual violence against women, and analyzes their efficacy in the post-conflict setting of Liberia. I argue that best practices guidelines do not travel easily nor well, and that the best practices originate in the society where they are going to be implemented. This poses challenges for how we learn from one another and the extent to which models can help in combating sexual violence.  Pamela’s latest book is Sara Baartman and the Hottentot Venus: a ghost story and a biography, co-authored with Clifton Crais (Princeton, 2008). She teaches courses on gender, violence and genocide, post-colonial feminist theory, and feminist approaches to international human rights. Dr Scully serves on the editorial board of The Journal of Women’s History, The Journal of British Studies, and Social Dynamics. She is Deputy Editor of The Women’s History Review. Dr Scully is on the executive committee of the Institute for Developing Nations, a partnership between Emory University and The Carter Center, which focuses on collaborative research regarding issues of poverty and development For more information:Contact Nicola GaveyDepartment of Psychology, The University of AucklandEmail: n.gavey@auckland.ac.nz 

A public lecture by visiting scholar Professor Cheryl B McNeil. This presentation will focus on Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT), an evidence-based behavioral treatment for families of young children with disruptive behavior disorders and/or child physical abuse. PCIT is based on Baumrind’s developmental theory, which holds that authoritative parenting – a combination of nurturance, good communication, and firm limits – produces optimal child mental health outcomes. Please RSVP to Levon Wigelsworth for catering purposes l.wigelsworth@auckland.ac.nz More information at: http://www.fmhs.auckland.ac.nz/faculty/newsandevents/event_details.aspx?Id=3400

This Hui will bring together a wide cross section of innovative presenters and participants from community and government to share inspire, and lead thinking in preventing domestic violence and creating a safer Aotearoa New Zealand. Fees: Hui Registration (and Marae accommodation) Te Kupenga member agencies;$250.00 inc. GST (Marae accom included $340) Community organisations;$300.00 inc. GST (Marae accom included $400) Government agencies;$350.00 inc. GST (Marae accom included $450)Closing date for Registration 20th May 2011  Contact: info@nnsvs.org.nz for registration brochure or more information.