Web resource:	https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/INFORMIT.615151469133090
Type:	Journal Article
Title:	Stopping violence before it occurs: responding to the pathways into gendered homelessness
Other Titles:	Parity
Authors:	Mitra-Kahn, Trishima Oberin, Julie
Keywords:	Housing;CALD (culturally and linguistically diverse);Service provision;Indigenous issues;Prevention;Disability
Year:	2013
Publisher:	Council to Homeless Persons
Citation:	Vol. 26, no.7, August 2013
Notes:	This article considers the issue of women and children's homelessness as it intersects with intimate partner violence (IPV). Once a woman experiencing IPV chooses to leave the situation, it usually also means leaving her home. The authors examine this scenario from the perspective of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women, young women, and women from immigrant, refugee and non-English speaking backgrounds. The article also discusses the strategy of preventing violence against women as a basis for preventing women and children's homelessness. The authors promote the need for primary prevention as well as secondary prevention policies to bring an end to violence against women, stressing that the two should not be in competition for resources. They make the point that community awareness-raising on its own is not wholly successful as a primary prevention tool. Ultimately, they see prevention of gender-based violence against women and homelessness as only being achievable through the social, political and economic empowerment of women.
URI:	https://anrows.intersearch.com.au/anrowsjspui/handle/1/12479
ISSN:	1032-6170
Appears in Collections:	Journal Articles

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