Adelaide Convention Centre, North Terrace, Adelaide
Violence & Abuse are issues that can take a generation or two to heal. The ABS reports that Australia currently has 31,000 children living in grandparent families. The reasons for this situation are drug & alcohol addiction, family violence, parental mental illness, marriage breakdown, death of a parent, child physical or sexual abuse, neglect and parent incarceration (Glenys Haalebos, 2004-5, in Cite summer magazine, Curtin University of Technology). As a starting point we are focussing on women during pregnancy who have contact with their health providers.
Can you identify a woman who may need your help?
This conference will help you to identify some of the women who may require your help to make a difference in their lives and that of their children. Speakers include Ms Fiona Dillon - a student midwife's experience with a case of domestic violence. Ms tracey Sloan - how Women's Health Statewide responds to issues of domestic violence. Ms Claudia Schiek - How Yarrow Place responds to recent adult sexual assault. Mr Patrick O'Leary - Understanding masculinity and the perpetration of violence against women & children. Dr Mary Heath - Eliminating 'the second rape' (in court): toward a constructive role for the law Chaired by Ms Vanessa Swan, Director of Yarrow Place.
