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Speaking publicly about preventing men's violence against women : curly questions and language considerations Linden Deathe and Stephanie Rich

By: Deathe, Linden.
Contributor(s): Rich, Stephanie.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Melbourne, Vic. : Women's Health West, 2015Description: electronic document (21 pages); PDF file: 460.50 KB.Subject(s): ADVOCACY | ATTITUDES | GENDER | VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN | AUSTRALIA | PREVENTIONOnline resources: Click here to access online Summary: This resource was prepared for Women's Health West for Preventing Violence Together (PVT), Melbourne’s western region partnership and action plan to prevent men’s violence against women. This resource is designed to build the capacity of members of the PVT Implementation Committee and Executive Governance Group to speak publicly about preventing men’s violence against women. This resource aims to build the capacity of partner organisations to respond to curly questions about preventing men’s violence against women, and to understand the importance of language when doing so. The curly questions listed in the resource are questions that the PVT Implementation Committee members have been asked in their prevention of violence against women work. The questions should therefore be read within this context. however, we acknowledge that many of the questions are based on sexist and racist assumptions which need to be challenged. (From the document). This resource may also be useful to advocates in New Zealand. The responses reference Australian and some international sources. Record #4919
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This resource was prepared for Women's Health West for Preventing Violence Together (PVT), Melbourne’s western region partnership and action plan to prevent men’s violence against women. This resource is designed to build the capacity of members of the PVT Implementation Committee and Executive Governance Group to speak publicly about preventing men’s violence against women. This resource aims to build the capacity of partner organisations to respond to curly questions about preventing men’s violence against women, and to understand the importance of language when doing so.
The curly questions listed in the resource are questions that the PVT Implementation Committee members have been asked in their prevention of violence against women work. The
questions should therefore be read within this context. however, we acknowledge that many of the questions are based on sexist and racist assumptions which need to be challenged. (From the document). This resource may also be useful to advocates in New Zealand. The responses reference Australian and some international sources. Record #4919