Type:	Journal Article
Title:	The gendered face of "family homelessness": women, children and domestic and family violence
Other Titles:	Parity
Authors:	Oberin, Julie
Keywords:	Housing;Leaving/Staying
Year:	2002
Publisher:	Council to Homeless Persons
Citation:	15 (2), February 2002
Notes:	Emphasises the concept of homelessness being women and children escaping domestic and family violence, and debunks the myths associated with the stereotypes of homelessness being single roofless men or nuclear families destitute because of misfortune. SAAP (Supported Accommodation Assistance Program) data demonstrate the gendered nature of family homelessness and the role of domestic violence in that. Recently, calls have come from women’s services to remove the perpetrator from the family home rather than expecting the woman and children to flee. The author suggests that the use of outreach support services for women who remain in the home is a cheaper model for governments than the use of refuges. If this means then diverting funds away from refuges, it – and the governments’ interest in pursuing it – needs to be embraced with some caution. As the home may be the most unsafe place for these women and children to be, structural change within the police, legal arena, judiciary, and within the community is needed for this to work well. The author calls for less funding to go to often-ineffective perpetrator-related programmes, and more to providing increased services, such as crisis accommodation, for women and children.
URI:	https://anrows.intersearch.com.au/anrowsjspui/handle/1/12485
ISSN:	1032-6170
Appears in Collections:	Journal Articles

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