ArchiveMarch 2016

Royal Commission into Family Violence releases releases 227 recommendations

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The Royal Commission into Family Violence report was tabled in Parliament on Wednesday, 30 March 2016. On Sunday, 22 February 2015, the Governor of Victoria appointed a Chair and two Deputy Commissioners to the Royal Commission into Family Violence. As specified in its terms of reference, the Commission’s task was to identify the most effective ways to: – prevent family violence –...

SHine SA/PEACE Youth Week Event Invitation

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March 2016 SHine SA in collaboration with PEACE Multicultural Services (Relationships Australia SA)  invites young people from multicultural backgrounds & communities to their National Youth Week Event. A wonderful opportunity to learn about health while contributing to the development of a CALD-specific educational resource for young people. A chance to meet other motivated and passionate...

“Trans Men Need the Competent Fertility Care I Never Got”

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Advocate, March 09 2016 For as long as I can remember, I have wanted children. For most of my life, I thought that I would carry my child, but those feelings changed shortly after I came out as a trans man and started taking testosterone. Producing a genetically related child was still important to me, but I was no longer able to see myself carrying a pregnancy. After discussing all of our...

Sex workers call for better education around kids and porn – not censorship

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The Age, March 29, 2016 – 10:04PM The peak body for Australian sex workers has called for better education to help children deal with pornography if they are exposed to it, rather than increased censorship. A Senate inquiry into the potential harm being done to Australian children “through access to pornography on the internet” has been inundated by more than 140 submissions...

Preventing gender-based violence in schools: school curriculum to download

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Melbourne Graduate School of Education, 24 March 2016 A new early secondary school program is equipping teachers to tackle gender inequality and gender-based violence in the classroom. Authored by University of Melbourne academics, the curriculum Connect with respect: Preventing gender-based violence in schools is being translated into Chinese, Khmer and Myanmar languages for teachers in the Asia...

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