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Home Truths Conference:  Presentations


This site provides links to a selection of conference papers presented at the 2004 Home Truths conference. The papers have been included with the permission of the presenter(s). Papers are listed in the order they appeared in the conference program. If you have any queries in relation to the site or have trouble accessing the presentations, please email the Australian Centre for the Study of Sexual Assault (ACSSA) at: acssa@aifs.gov.au.

DAY 1

TOPIC SPEAKERS PRESENTATION
Keynote Address Ms Kate Gilmore, Executive Deputy Secretary General, International Secretariat, Amnesty International Keynote Address 4
 
Applying Home Truths to the Family Court Dr Elspeth McInnes The Challenges of Securing Human Rights to Safety in Australian Family Law Frameworks
Ms Che Stockley, Ms Danielle Wooltorton Navigating the Family Court and understanding the new family violence strategy
Ms Angela Hartwig Note: this is a large file and may take some time to download.
National Challenge for Action - Domestic Homicides in WA
 
Informing Policy & Practice Ms Kassa Bird Towards a feminist analysis of lesbian relationship violence
 
Changing Men's Behaviour-Debating the Efforts Dr Donna Chung, Dr Lana Zannettino, Dallas Colley Women's and Children's Safety or Misplaced Effort?
Ms Betty Taylor and Ms Christine Potito Researching Men's use of violence as feminists: Improving safety management of the Men’s Stopping Domestic Violence Program
Dr Michael Flood Changing Men: Best practice in violence prevention work with men
 
Who Carries the Health Burden of Violence? Ms Kim Webster & Dee Basinski Note: this is a large file and may take some time to download.
Intimate Partner Violence
Ms Chris Jennings The Health Impact of Violence: A disability perspective
 
Turning the Tables- Home as Refuge Ms Vanessa Kearney The Option of Staying at Home
Ms Robyn Edwards and Ms Jane Mulroney Preventing Women's Homelessness as a consequence of domestic violence: Innovative Research
Health Impact and Responses to Violence Against Women Dr Deborah Walsh Silent suffering: the extent, level and nature of violence against women during pregnancy. A study of 400 Australian women
Ms Kathy Russell & Anne Holland Addressing Domestic Violence for women with mental health issues through collaborative partnerships
 
DAY 2

Keynote Address Dr Kersti Yllo, Henrietta Jennings Chair of Sociology at Wheaton College, Massachusetts Keynote Address 6
Ms Linda Osmundson, Executive Director, CASA St Petersburg Keynote Address 7: The Battered Women's Movement and our Future
 
Creative Tools-Working with Survivors Ms Jenny Atkins, Ms Kate Pepplinkhouse, Ms Ruth Turvey, Ms Val Hastings From Behind Closed Doors: A Creative Response to Family Violence - A touring family violence art exhibition
Ms Andie Holland Note: this is a large file and may take some time to download.
Working with Children - Tools to assist the process
Ms Kerry Burns, Libby Hyland, Ms Simone McCorkell But how do we protect the children?: Working with children who are living with family members who use violence
 
Changes to Policy and Pracitce-Impacts on Aboriginal Services Responses Ms Terri Stewart & Ms Greta Jubb Intervention in sexual assault and domestic violence experienced by Indigenous Australians
 
Schools as Sites of Prevention Ms Carla Meurs & Ms Bernadette Wright Schools and Family Violence and Preventation. A paradigm shift?
 
Screening Women-It's Debatable Ms Marg D'Arcy, Dr Deborah Walsh, Ms Marion Tower, Ms Gwen Cosier, Ms Michelle Bonner Screening women - it's debatable
 
Checking up on Men's Stories Mr Greg Yee The most important person to engage is the women
Ms Andrea Bowles, Ms Sandra Loxton, Ms Fulvia Dee Note: this is a large file and may take some time to download.
Changing the Tide of Survival - Partners Journey
 
Seeking Justice Still Dr Patricia Easteal Women Sexually Assaulted by a Partner or ex-Partner: Falling between the 'Justice' cracks
Dr Denise Lievore Victim credibility in adult sexual assault cases
 
Refuge Rules! Ms Linda Osmundson, Executive Director, CASA St Petersburg Refuge Rules!
 
Multiple Sites for Violence Prevention with Young People Ms Chris Smith & Ms Jenny Huxley Kinks, Cubes & Cyberspace Working with young people to prevent sexual violence
 
Not White, Middle Class or Metro Ms Diana Orlando & Ms Luba Tanevski Research on the Safety and Related Needs of culturally and linguistically diverse women in rural areas
Ms Sue Salthouse Double the Odds - Domestic Violence and Women with Disabilities
Mr Brad Gray There's no pride in domestic violence - Developing the gay and lesbian community awareness
 
Taking Action-Leaving Violent Men Behind Ms Debra Parkinson, Ms Jacquie Coupe, Ms Kylie Stephens A Powerful Journey: a Research Report - Women reflect on what helped them leave
Ms Sue Brownlee Service access and pathways of accompanied children at Dawns House Shelter
 
Listen Up! Home Truths for the System Ms Jenna Tuke & Lois The Nest Egg, you cant put an expiry date on rape
VOICES Injustice with Attitude
Maggie Lawson Tales from the Darkside
 
Beyond Duluth-Integrated Responses Ms Chelsea McKinney, Ms Julie Dixon, Ms Joanne Spark Successes and challenges in the development of an integrated 'One Stop Shop' for women escaping family and domestic violence in Perth, WA
Ms Sue Prosser, Ms Maree Sykes, Ms Chelsea Wheele DART - an innovative new approach with police and child protection services working together to reduce domestic violence
 
Let's Get Serious About Training Mr Danny Blay, Ms Margot Scott, Lorna McNamara Let’s Get Serious About Training
 
DAY 3

Making Post Modernism Relevant Ms Kymbra Clayton Multiple Perspectives on Dissociative Identity
Ms Anne Morris The story of naming 'maternal alienation': new research enters the world of policy and practice
 
Directions-Where We're at and Where We're Going The WESNET research team and reference group Directions: where we're at, at a glance and where we're going: Womens refuges, shelters and outreach services in Australia; major findings and recommendations
 
Challenging the Culture of the Courts Ms Nicky Freidman Note: this is a large file and may take some time to download.
Giving children a voice – proposed improvements for child complainants in the Victorian law Reform Commission’s final report on sexual offences
 
Mothers and Kids-Whose Needs First Ms Lee FitzRoy But Mum's a victim too: domestic violence and child abuse
Ms Fleur Phillips & Ms Jillian Murray Note: this is a large file and may take some time to download.
Pacing the Floor!
Ms Marg Dean & Ms Jo Campbell Note: this is a large file and may take some time to download.
Our Special House!
 
When the Justice System Gets it Wrong-Perpetrating and Condoning Violence Ms Debbie Kilroy & Ms Amanda George Prisons, the perpetrators of violence and discrimination against women
 
Family Violence Groups-Meeting New Challenges Ms Jo Howard & Mr Shane Weir Who's the boss - A group for parents who have been abused by their adolescents
 
Creative Work Ms Julie Oberin, Ms Lyn Charles, Ms Katie Christensen, Auntie Lyn Warren Pallert Tooree Larr (Strong Black Women’s Camp)
Ms Kylie Martin Speaking of Creative Arts Therapy – when words are not enough: recovering through art, movement, drama, music and play
Dr Theresia Citraningtyas Note: this is a large file and may take some time to download.
The Language of Gender Role and Sexual Assault in Indonesia
 
Girls and Groups-Working with Young Women Ms Stephanie Blake & Ms Maria Katsikas Crawling through Caves / Standing Tall in the Sun: A group work model for young women survivors and their carers
Marina Steward Girl's Talk: Group treatment and sexual abuse
 
Using the Media Ms Kate Pepplinkhouse & Ms Vicky Lee Thomas Family violence in the news, a project report
Ms Lynne Harne Using the media to combat sexual violence against women and children
 
Tennant Creek Ladies Talking Ms Hannah Moran & Ms Pam Stein Note: this is a large file and may take some time to download.
Tennant Creek Ladies Talking

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