Researching the Gaps: the needs of women who have experienced long term domestic violence We funded this important project by Good Shepherd Youth and Family Service and major support was subsequently provided by the Reichstein Foundation. Launched in November 2009, the project reports on the major gap in policy in the integrated family violence service system. Copies of the report are available from Good Shepherd Youth and Family Service, ph: 94183000.
Unlocked is reproduced from the report, with kind permission of artist Nikita Lotus. She describes her painting as...having a deep spiritual significance, as it was painted during a harrowing time...the direct result of being violently abused...the crane signifies her spirit finding flight, the lotus blooms signify new beginnings and the key at the centre is the core she found to set herself free.
Love Control - An Exciting Film Resource
A Trust grant to Women's Health in the North enabled the input of young women and survivors of intimate partner violence, to produce an innovative and creative social marketing film resource, titled Love Control that resonates and is expressive of young women's relationships. Over one hundred DVD's have been distributed to numerous agencies and services working with young women.
Watch the YouTube clip of Love Control DVD.
Peek-a-Boo Club Receives International Award
From 2006, the Victorian Women's Benevolent Trust has provided three grants to the Peek-a-Boo Club. Run by the Royal Childrren's Hospita Mental health Service, the Club is a groundbreaking early intervention program for infants and mothers who have been affected by family violence. In September 2009 the Peek-a-Boo Club was awarded the 2009 Gold Achievement Award at the Australian and New Zealand Mental Health Services Conference. Congratulations to the Peek-a-Boo Club! Well done Wendy Bunston and her team and thanks again to our women donors who made these Trust grants possible in the first place.
On the Record: 20 Years of Women's Radio.
With a Trust grant, the team at 3CR Community radio produced an 8-part radio series which chronicles key feminist issues covered on the Women on the Line community radio show since 1986. They produced a CD-ROM which is available on the website www.womenontheline.org.au. The series is also downloadable here. You will find the following programs:
Feminists making waves,
Violence and the law:Landmark changes for women,
Survival:Aboriginal women speak out'
Dismantling the glass ceiling: Women in the workforce,
Affirmative politics:Women in parliament'
Not the same: Culturally diverse women and violence,
A question of choice: reproduction politics,
Advertising bodiesBody image and women's identity.
Happy listening!
Loving Threads
A Trust grant contributed to this exhibition of unique marriage cushions created for marriages at the Victorian Marriage Registry by women from different cultural backgrounds. The exhibition is at Richmond Town Hall from June 7- July 21, 2010.
It's Real DVD
A Trust grant contributed to this resource for the Real Life (Relationships Education and Awareness) program. It is a discussion starter about the roles and responsibilities in relationships and the consequences of the misuse of technology. It can be viewed from the website of Women's Health Goulburn North East.
