Intimate Partner Violence

The Lone Fathers Association (Australia) Inc, February 2006 developed a Summary of Violence between Partners...

The 130 or so leading professional studies into the gender distribution of domestic violence in the English-speaking world in teh last 20 years or so are covered in this article.

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Intimate Partner Abuse and Violence

The Men’s Advisory Network (MAN) recognises that that the majority of family and domestic violence is against women and is undertaken by men. 

MAN requests the government to address the issue of mutual intimate partner abuse and violence, plus provide support services for men who are victims of abuse and violence and women who use abuse and violence.

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Local Support for Those in Family Conflict
 

A quick reference guide providing further contacts for those involved with family conflict.
Topics covered being:
1. EMERGENCY ACCOMMODATION & SUPPORT
2. INFORMATION ABOUT LEGAL ISSUES
3. SPECIFIC SUPPORT FOR THOSE WHO FACE VIOLENT OR ABUSIVE SITUATIONS
4. SUPPORT FOR SENIORS,  AND THOSE WITH A DISABILITY WHO ARE IN AN ABUSIVE SITUATION
5. RESOURCES FOR FINANCIAL SUPPORT OR OTHER INFORMATION
6. SOMEONE TO LISTEN OR PROVIDE COUNSELLING
7. FURTHER INFORMATION OR SUPPORT
8. LOCAL HOSPITALS OR NURSING POSTS

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Male Victims of Domestic Violence
 

Email from Maggie Hamilton 16 November 2006

"During research for my latest book, What Men Don’t Talk About, I came across literature on domestic violence towards men, but like most people I ignored it, because everything I had been taught suggested men, and only men, were the perpetrators of domestic violence. Added to this two of my grandparents were victims of domestic violence caused by men with drinking problems.

The further I got into the book, the more domestic violence towards men kept cropping up, and so finally I decided to look into this area, and discovered that domestic violence towards men is alive and well.
...Domestic violence in all its forms is a human rights issue, the sooner we understand this and take positive steps to demonstrate this, the healthier our homes, communities and society will be."

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