La Trobe University Media Release
La Trobe Ideas and Society Program presents Domestic Violence: Why? What has to be done?
This year has seen a sharp rise in awareness of the violent, sometimes murderous, threats to women and their children, by current or former intimate partners. The terrible stories of Rosie Batty, Hannah Clarke and too many others have finally made their mark.
The Federal Government has recently committed $3.4 billion to a 10-year program aimed at combating domestic violence.
At this special La Trobe University event, journalist and author Jess Hill and Professor Michael Salter will outline their views on how to understand and to fight the sinister, well-known pattern of male intimate partner control, intimidation and violence.
La Trobe University domestic violence expert Emeritus Professor Angela Taft, whose research has included the impact of intimate partner violence on women’s health, will join the panel.
Women’s Community Shelters Chief Executive Officer Annabelle Daniel OAM will moderate the conversation.
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Tuesday 27 August 2024 5pm – 6.30pm
Online series
Cost: Free
Bookings here.
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Speakers:
Emeritus Professor Angela Taft
Former Director of the Judith Lumley Centre, La Trobe University
Professor Taft is a social scientist who uses rigorous combinations of qualitative and epidemiological methods to answer urgent and complex questions about women’s health. For many years, Professor Taft has led a major program of research on intimate partner and gender-based violence. This has included analysing the health impact of partner violence over time.
Jess Hill
Journalist, author, speaker
Jess Hill is an investigative journalist, educator and advocate on gendered violence and coercive control. Jess’ debut book, See What You Made Me Do, was a comprehensive investigation of the phenomenon of domestic abuse and coercive control and was awarded the Stella Prize in 2020. Jess later presented a three-part documentary series adaptation which aired on SBS and was a producer/presenter on a follow-up series for SBS, Asking For It, which explored consent and issues of sexual violence.
Professor Michael Salter
Postgraduate Coordinator, School of Social Sciences, University of New South Wales
Professor Michael Salter is the inaugural Director of Childlight UNSW, based in the School of Social Sciences at the University of New South Wales. Childlight UNSW is the Australasian hub of Childlight, headquartered at the University of Edinburgh, which is dedicated to the study and prevention of child sexual abuse and exploitation. Professor Salter is the author of two books, Organised Sexual Abuse and Crime, Justice and Social Media.
Annabelle Daniel OAM
Chief Executive Officer, Women’s Community Shelters
Annabelle Daniel OAM, is the founding CEO of Women’s Community Shelters and has worked with local communities around NSW to establish, open and support the 11 crisis shelters in the Women’s Community Shelters network. The organisation has also established new transitional housing and three large-scale homes for women aged 55 or more who are experiencing homelessness.
A recording of the event will be available three hours following the event on this link.
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It has to start with children – preferably in the family home, but certainly at school for those already in a violent household. It’s not just men who do this, women can exert coercive control too. Young people need to learn about relationships all through school – it’s too late when they marry or have children. We also need to do something about the system that sees the victim forced to move out of the house, the offender should have to leave – why does the victim continue to be victimised ??
Simply throwing money at the issue will solve nothing until our whole system changes
Have a look at the ABC report about the Bob Katter party’s view on DV.
In summary, they say : “police spend too much time responding to domestic violence and people should be allowed to “sort stuff out for themselves”.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-08-27/katters-australian-party-nick-dametto-domestic-violence-podcast/104242590
While we have a mainstream media and political class that does not condemn the “might is right” of the US/ Israel/ AUKUS/ NATO a subliminal message is echoed through the community and domestic violence becomes part of the warrior culture that “might is right” silently states.
And yet if a victim does sort it out herself with a kitchen knife, she’ll be arrested, charged, tried, probably convicted regardless of the evidence about ongoing abuse, and imprisoned for longer than a bloke would be for unaliving his whole family. And the media would, in lockstep, villify her.