Source 1: National Plan to Reduce Violence Against Women and Their Children n.d., What is violence against women?, Australian Government, accessed 14 March 2019, .
governments (COAG) and released in February 2011. This website is a national plan for 2010 – 2022. Validity: One of their resources is about the definition about women and violence and also provide with the different type of women and violence and this resources directly help me and relevant to answer my question break down 1. Just by reading it, I have gained the general knowledge of women and violence like the definition and type of violence that women can have. Capability development:
Key Findings: From this website, I learned about: Violence against women not only about physical violence, but it also mean sexual, emotional, psychological and financial abuse.
Source 2: Australian Bureau of Statistics 2017, Personal Safety, Australia, 2016, cat. no. 4906.0, ABS, Canberra, accessed 18 March 2019, .
On an international level, the United Nations Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women provides “the term of violence against women means any act of gender-based violence that results in, or is likely to result in physical, sexual or psychological harm or suffering to women including threats of such acts, coercion or arbitrary deprivation of liberty, whether occurring in public or private life” Type of violence against women such as: Physical violence including slaps, shoves, hits, punches, pushes, being thrown, kicking, twisting of arms, choking and being burnt or stabbed. Psychological and emotional abuse including a range of controlling behaviours like controlling your own financial, isolation from family and friends, continual humiliation and threats against someone that you love. Financial and economical abuse including control other person’s money or assets, stealing cash, not allowing the victim to take part in any financial decisions or preventing the victim to get a job.
Reliability: Plan to reduce violence against women and their children was endorsed by the Council of Australian
Key Findings: This website has the survey collected information from women aged 18 years and over about the extent of violence experienced since the age of 15. -
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37% (3.4 million) of women aged 18 years and over had experienced violence since the age of 15. Three in ten women (31% or 2.9 million) experienced physical violence
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Source 3: Our Watch n.d., Preventing Violence, Melbourne, accessed 21 March 2019, .
If you experience any sexual harassment at work like suggestive jokes, explicit emails, staring, intrusive questions about your personal life or unwanted request for sex, report it to your boss or manager. If you experience any sexual harassment in public places like cat calling, offensive comment and attitude or unwanted advances. Tell it to your family member or share your story on a website like Everyday Sexism to help people understand how harmful sexual harassment is. For professionals like teachers, managers and sector workers have an important role to play on the preventing of violence against women.
Key Findings: From this website I learned about: Everyone can do small thing to help to prevent violence against women. We can take action at work, in school, as a parents, as teens and young adult As Teens & young adults we can do an action like if someone makes a dumb jokes about women or “cat-calling” to them on the street, say something. Let the person know that what they said is wrong or even do simple stuff, like not laughing at the jokes or walking away. This simple stuff can make a real difference because you letting your friends and the society know that you think it’s wrong without getting aggressive or confrontational attitude. As parents & caregivers we can do an action like Educate yourself about the signs of someone that being abused in someone relationships. Do a model of gender equality at home and in your own relationship Try not to reinforce gender stereotypes when you talk to your child about things around them. As women we can do an action like If a friend, family member or colleague tells you she’s experienced violence the most important thing you can do is listen to her, believe her and make sure she knows that you are there to support her If you see or hear something sexist – whether it is an advertisement or something that your friends has said. Get comfortable with speaking out against things that are sexist or degrading.
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Promoting and develop a school culture on gender equality among staff and students. Teach the students the skills to build respectful relationships, as well as recognise and challenge gender stereotypes and violence supportive attitudes. Create a safe, equal and inclusive school culture for staff and students Demonstrate an appropriate and respectful behaviour to students
The important role of work environment in preventing violence against women is by Reliability: This articles was uploaded without any information of author or even publishing date. However, because of this website is supported by the commonwealth, Northern territory, South Australian and Victorian governments’ to drive cultural and attitudinal change to prevent violence against women and their children. This website also an initiative under the National Plan to Reduce Violence against Women and their Children 20102022 and complements the work of Australia’s National Research Organisation for Women’s Safety (ANROWS). Validity: With the whole information about violence against women, this source
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