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GVCASA News & Updates
BSafe!
Do you know someone who has an Intervention Order, is still fearful for their safety and wants to remain in their own home?
Bsafe is a personal alarm system for women and children escaping family violence.
Bsafe offers an intervention to prevent further violence and enables women and children to remain in their own homes and communities.
For further information please contact:
Rachael Mackay Bsafe Project Worker
Women’s Health Goulburn North East
57 Rowan Street (PO Box 853) Wangaratta 3677
Tel: (03) 5722 3009
Email: R.Mackay@whealth.com.au
Website: www.whealth.com.au/ourwork/bsafe.html
Download our Flyer:
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PARTNER RAPE, KNOW ABOUT IT, RESPOND EFFECTIVELY, PREVENT IT
Can you say no to sex with your intimate partner?
If not, or you are so afraid of the repercussions of saying no that you ”give in”, then this is intimate partner rape.
You might feel confused and believe that you just have to accept the situation because you are married or are in an intimate relationship. However this is not the case.
This DVD will help you to understand your situation. You will learn you are not alone. Centres Against Sexual Assault offer support and information which will enable you to make informed choices about your life. Intimate partner rape is a crime, but you are the person who will decide if you report to the police or not.”
To access the DVD follow the link www.whealth.com.au
This DVD is also useful for professionals who work with women affected by partner rape.
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If you are a victim/survivor of sexual assault the Policing Just Outcomes Research Project would like to hear from you. Although the project is surveying people 18 years and over, the survey deals with sexual assault at any age. So if you experienced childhood sexual assault the project applies to you as well as people who were sexually assaulted as adults.
The Just Outcomes Research Project is a 5 year funded research project between Victoria Police and Edith Cowan University.
The research aims to:
- gain a better understanding of the incidence, nature and the dynamics of sexual assault in Victoria.
- To understand the response of the Victoria Police to sexual assault.
- To identify and understand the factors and dilemmas that influence the decisions of adult victims of sexual assault in whether or not to report the offence/s to the Police.
The survey is online and cannot identify individuals who take part.
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We are having a book written for young children and would like to hear from anyone who would like to share their experience READ MORE ...
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The Ditto Adventure Program launched in schools
GVCASA has launched an exciting new program within Primary Schools within their region. The Ditto Adventure Program is aimed at providing tools for reducing the incidence of abuse, and in particular, sexual abuse.
The program features ‘Ditto’ a lion cub and was developed specifically for children from prep through to grade 3.
For further information or to book The Ditto Adventure Program for your school, please contact GVCASA on (03) 5831 2343.
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